---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE (Amends the composition of the Rhode Island emergency management advisory council.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE (Amends the composition of the Rhode Island emergency management advisory council.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6166"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6166 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lieutenant Governor", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Canario", "Corvese", "Shanley", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-28"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c5f4c38-c1ac-458f-bfa7-6fa8cad177d1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b12d9aa52cdb12177f76bea461c6309930ae42d5f36a5c529d89013576bb1fb8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 6166 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE (Amends the composition of the Rhode Island emergency management advisory council.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **6166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6166.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2017)
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c5f4c38-c1ac-458f-bfa7-6fa8cad177d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).