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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5543.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5543"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5543 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["E-911", "Health & Safety", "Nursing Homes", "Seniors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McNamara", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-12"
+last_action: "2021-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c8f0307-e65d-4bc2-9bc5-c05e0334390c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2f47a5807c9f44b34680c11d75089d615da68a11a5f55d86dab388bdd0b75987"
+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 5543 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5543 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5543aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-12** 02/12/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2021)
+- **2021-03-08** 03/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-16** 07/16/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c8f0307-e65d-4bc2-9bc5-c05e0334390c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+