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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Provides that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Provides that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5478"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5478 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "McEntee", "Millea"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-14"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3fe7c60-2119-4f41-af97-0e048f915f94"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "5f547bbf7a4b376b979a5371f132fc40219c3f5d4986bdb3c93bc45c3e042735"
+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 5478 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY (Provides that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5478 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5478A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Millea — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** 03/04/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019)
+- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/e3fe7c60-2119-4f41-af97-0e048f915f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+