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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires that the administrator for the Rhode Island veterans' home be a licensed nursing home administrator and removes the requirement that the administrator be an honorably discharged veteran.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires that the administrator for the Rhode Island veterans' home be a licensed nursing home administrator and removes the requirement that the administrator be an honorably discharged veteran.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 942"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 942 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Nursing Homes", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-25"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49903288-19e8-4b83-b085-360bb3ebae44"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d2a6c146e6e44eb9b33f3da71c1efead9cd0b1597655b5b6a96dc4652b74a0b9"
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 942 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires that the administrator for the Rhode Island veterans' home be a licensed nursing home administrator and removes the requirement that the administrator be an honorably discharged veteran.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **942 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0942A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **700** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Felag — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2023)
- **2023-05-03** 05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **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`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 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/49903288-19e8-4b83-b085-360bb3ebae44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).