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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: "HB 7407"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7407 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Biah", "Cortvriend", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Hopkins", "Hull", "Serpa", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c54de32-8498-4e9a-a55a-1482cedbe605"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8e0252dc68a12e57ef45afd35aa9920fcea9b1817dc7f38673e20ec79b1a5e51"
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 7407 (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. **7407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7407.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **630** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-29** 01/29/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2026)
- **2026-02-03** 02/03/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** 02/03/2026 Committee voted to reconsider
- **2026-02-03** 02/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (02/10/2026)
- **2026-02-10** 02/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** 02/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (02/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate 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/6c54de32-8498-4e9a-a55a-1482cedbe605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).