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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5606"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5606 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Dept. of Administration", "Health & Safety", "Human Services", "Seniors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Fellela", "McNamara", "Messier", "Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49f471d3-6c33-4af2-9145-5bfe92bab8bc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f1bd91c37cd509f00a14f2d0c8b6fae0c3c3ce07dc8a8bccee58dde61006f9a7"
+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 5606 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5606.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** 02/22/2023 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2023)
+- **2023-03-15** 03/15/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/49f471d3-6c33-4af2-9145-5bfe92bab8bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+