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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5535.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND DUMBWAITERS (Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND DUMBWAITERS (Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5535"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5535 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Computer Technology", "Health & Safety", "Housing", "Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Cardillo", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Diaz", "Henries", "Hull", "Morales", "Noret", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d248f5-ad77-4fd6-b22a-d558a5c9d1c9"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5e2dafa696e4d3f3a09726806507008463012c43af58b25949af6fce73b511e0"
+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 5535 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND DUMBWAITERS (Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5535.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Cardillo — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
+- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2023)
+- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/57d248f5-ad77-4fd6-b22a-d558a5c9d1c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+