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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RECORDATION OF HONORABLE DISCHARGES (Provides a petition process to have a discharge from service recorded as honorable for members of the armed services separated from service with a general or other than honorable discharge due solely to their sexual orientation/gender identity/expression.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RECORDATION OF HONORABLE DISCHARGES (Provides a petition process to have a discharge from service recorded as honorable for members of the armed services separated from service with a general or other than honorable discharge due solely to their sexual orientation/gender identity/expression.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5443"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5443 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Millea", "Shanley", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-14"
+last_action: "2019-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23356a31-a12c-43ae-92ea-c3fb5201cbf7"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "e59f8d2a1c2b5e02b82fcceb82d6a5f3f34cfbca1559a3bcbc05bb53ad652d34"
+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 5443 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RECORDATION OF HONORABLE DISCHARGES (Provides a petition process to have a discharge from service recorded as honorable for members of the armed services separated from service with a general or other than honorable discharge due solely to their sexual orientation/gender identity/expression.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5443 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5443A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Almeida — primary (person)
+- Millea — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2019)
+- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2019)
+- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2019)
+- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2019)
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2019)
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 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/23356a31-a12c-43ae-92ea-c3fb5201cbf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+