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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND WHISTLE BLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits an employer from reporting an employee's immigration status for whistle blowing.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND WHISTLE BLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits an employer from reporting an employee's immigration status for whistle blowing.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5855"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5855 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Employment Security", "Immigration", "Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Felix", "J Lombardi", "Kazarian", "Morales", "Potter", "Ranglin-Vassell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec113a5a-ce5f-447d-aaaf-891aad9b16f3"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e285cfd76e93048ef7b3b4ebf845f3d359ca45080fe6d87f1162d389b7d04eca"
+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 5855 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- THE RHODE ISLAND WHISTLE BLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT (Prohibits an employer from reporting an employee's immigration status for whistle blowing.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5855.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- J Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2021)
+- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/ec113a5a-ce5f-447d-aaaf-891aad9b16f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+