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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5394"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5394 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Children and Families", "Developmentally Disabled", "Domestic Relations", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Handicapped", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Cassar", "Cortvriend", "Handy", "Henries", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Ruggiero", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d823a8e-8dda-4c5e-a1db-527c6734a6ec"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ced02d87257dc933fc660be7665351fb949dd9a695ac1f34b5131c2cea34802c"
+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 5394 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5394.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Cassar — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/23/2021)
+- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/13/2021)
+- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/15/2021)
+- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
+- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/18/2021)
+- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 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/7d823a8e-8dda-4c5e-a1db-527c6734a6ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+