---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5466"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5466 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adm/Office of Veterans Affairs", "Administration", "Military Affairs", "Nursing Homes", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Costantino", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Hull", "J. Lombardi", "Serpa", "Shallcross Smith", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2438ded-920d-4906-8802-c2ad5616d737"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "65325744eaefbe82c22255971391560a315a128e18cd93f77a3b57b18a2deb9c"
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 5466 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5466 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5466A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- J. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2023)
- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/a2438ded-920d-4906-8802-c2ad5616d737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).