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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Articulates the role of police officers in obtaining treatment for those showing symptoms of mental illness.) AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Articulates the role of police officers in obtaining treatment for those showing symptoms of mental illness.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2017 HB 5945 Rhode Island HB 5945 (2017)
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1 17 1 2017-03-17 2017-10-05 openstates ocd-bill/65a85019-42f7-4bb1-a833-7e875713880a http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/ 8d5467e12941bbd2e059e7460d599d1fe3fc9c8e82122fb1d9686349e486c67d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Rhode Island HB 5945 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Articulates the role of police officers in obtaining treatment for those showing symptoms of mental illness.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5945 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 692 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Almeida — primary (person)
  • Canario — primary (person)
  • Jacquard — primary (person)
  • McKiernan — primary (person)
  • Ruggiero — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-03-17 03/17/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee, introduction
  • 2017-03-31 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
  • 2017-04-05 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2017-05-26 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2017)
  • 2017-05-31 05/31/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2017)
  • 2017-06-08 06/08/2017 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2017-06-08 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2017-06-23 06/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing (06/27/2017)
  • 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Committee heard
  • 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
  • 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
  • 2017-09-18 09/18/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
  • 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2017-10-03 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-10-05 10/05/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65a85019-42f7-4bb1-a833-7e875713880a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).