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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5299"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5299 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals", "Developmentally Disabled"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins", "Lima", "Noret", "Phillips", "Serodio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-06"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf43201d-ff46-478a-94e5-f568a612b93f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "7f209bfb44fa9083fd6708047265cbbfdfb52ed835ef5e01f93bfbaa64eb0618"
+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 5299 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5299 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5299aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Serodio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/27/2019)
+- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019)
+- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2019)
+- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2019)
+- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 House passed as amended `passage`
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/cf43201d-ff46-478a-94e5-f568a612b93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+