---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT"
description: "Hospital Conversions act amended to authorize AG and DOH to permit expedited review application for hospital insolvency proceedings. Sunsets in one year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2339"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2339 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Famiglietti", "Lawson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37bade01-2bcb-4afe-bbe6-d75ca43c5273"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a93adcbcb9e1f66a477c245a41104e5794a15fbc683091145953528e86dfc08f"
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 SB 2339 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT

Hospital Conversions act amended to authorize AG and DOH to permit expedited review application for hospital insolvency proceedings. Sunsets in one year.

## Version chain

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

1. **2339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2339.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** 01/29/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2026)
- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/37bade01-2bcb-4afe-bbe6-d75ca43c5273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).