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legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5680.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (Repeals the law which provides enhanced penalties of a fine of not more than $250/ imprisonment for not more than 6 months for disclosure of health care information with respect to an individual diagnosis and treatment of a sexually transmitted disease.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (Repeals the law which provides enhanced penalties of a fine of not more than $250/ imprisonment for not more than 6 months for disclosure of health care information with respect to an individual diagnosis and treatment of a sexually transmitted disease.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5680"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5680 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Health & Safety", "Fees", "Health Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Lombardi", "O'Brien"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-03-01"
+last_action: "2017-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/974b9d06-968e-42a2-9c70-4164c1276796"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "3c3968225dfe190498ab9d87470aacda02dff23e5c8c3ee261f3ae6a22ac82be"
+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 5680 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (Repeals the law which provides enhanced penalties of a fine of not more than $250/ imprisonment for not more than 6 months for disclosure of health care information with respect to an individual diagnosis and treatment of a sexually transmitted disease.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5680** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5680.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2017)
+- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-04-03** 04/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2017)
+- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2017)
+- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2017)
+- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/974b9d06-968e-42a2-9c70-4164c1276796`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+