---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES"
description: "Prohibits any personnel, in any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6244"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6244 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Cotter", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Furtado", "Giraldo", "Morales", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-23"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4f8419d-3bfa-4b83-bfda-399d13eb313b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1780ccc81179f9ed1e53ba94db2c494749a26e00a37b058de5019b20b599534d"
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 6244 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

Prohibits any personnel, in any healthcare facility, from asking the legal immigration status of any patient.

## Version chain

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

1. **6244 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6244A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-23** 04/23/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-15** 06/15/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/c4f8419d-3bfa-4b83-bfda-399d13eb313b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).