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legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5017.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RIGHT TO CONSUMER ACCESS TO POWERED WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS"
+description: "Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5017"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5017 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Bennett", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18616b1a-6311-4f9f-b9cb-d21ab76eccb4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6ebce70e9d4a874f984bf851ba098761a15e82745c38a6c41e88ce152bb66bbf"
+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 5017 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RIGHT TO CONSUMER ACCESS TO POWERED WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS
+
+Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5017 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5017A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2025-02-10** 02/10/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/11/2025)
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/18616b1a-6311-4f9f-b9cb-d21ab76eccb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5019.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024"
+description: "Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5019"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5019 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Casey", "Cortvriend", "Kislak", "Knight", "McGaw", "Noret", "Read", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/661c4cc0-797a-4b57-9594-7b5bd7b77588"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "75d1cb2dcdba1ddb47242170b4a03198b7dd3b82ab2c7127b923290d335e39ef"
+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 5019 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024
+
+Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5019.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/06/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2025)
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/661c4cc0-797a-4b57-9594-7b5bd7b77588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5023.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL"
+description: "Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health and provides guidance and recommendations to educate health care providers and the citizens of the state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5023"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5023 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Carson", "Cotter", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Serpa", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/377e6c32-fa6a-4890-baf2-b14789a7fe6a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2a7be9d7fba03cd37d1d0d36c3350eb016e824ae4262a4d782d5c6b0bcd7b2bd"
+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 5023 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL
+
+Establishes a rare disease advisory council within the department of health and provides guidance and recommendations to educate health care providers and the citizens of the state.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5023 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5023A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/377e6c32-fa6a-4890-baf2-b14789a7fe6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5025.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS"
+description: "Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5025"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5025 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Chippendale", "Edwards", "Hull", "Newberry", "O'Brien", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10d2e1ca-908d-440f-ba22-27de43cb8955"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e5ee3ab5c1262f923264925a4db24badaea3a3ee0d3d4ddff94042b9d1f39fd8"
+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 5025 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
+
+Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5025.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Newberry — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-13** 01/13/2025 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2025)
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 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/10d2e1ca-908d-440f-ba22-27de43cb8955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5029.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES"
+description: "Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour, 2027 at seventeen dollars ($17) per hour."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5029"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5029 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Craven", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Potter", "Slater", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b317f81-237c-40a6-b1f2-6e1a5757db99"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3d767928b64668d271ea6f5551821c01b6bea10c3bb238f8088383e14e691da8"
+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 5029 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
+
+Sets the minimum wage for 2026 at sixteen dollars ($16) per hour, 2027 at seventeen dollars ($17) per hour.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5029 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5029A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **56–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
+- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/5b317f81-237c-40a6-b1f2-6e1a5757db99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5030.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
+description: "Grants the town council of the town of South Kingstown the authority to enact a homestead exemption ordinance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5030"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5030 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty", "McEntee", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5836ba0d-b8de-4cd8-a262-df8e6840b713"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a76c72534d3a89489e3b74db10e7055c7c33d59c3437a475ad139e44cede1565"
+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 5030 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
+
+Grants the town council of the town of South Kingstown the authority to enact a homestead exemption ordinance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5030** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5030.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/11/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 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/5836ba0d-b8de-4cd8-a262-df8e6840b713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5031.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
+description: "Allows for the issuance of Class BV liquor licenses for the properties located at 94 Carpenter Street and 1023 Broad Street, both in the city of Providence."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5031"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5031 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3dea513-9e82-446b-992c-15959afdf923"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9204cb71478757e5210f151f99b6cd0dc0ed248639a2d9ce94802a1d9041b91c"
+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 5031 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
+
+Allows for the issuance of Class BV liquor licenses for the properties located at 94 Carpenter Street and 1023 Broad Street, both in the city of Providence.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5031** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5031.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 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/a3dea513-9e82-446b-992c-15959afdf923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5032.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES"
+description: "Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5032"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5032 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Finkelman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afb679b1-c16f-4fd5-8b1e-c6a916b703b0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a72fbf8b785c28440859a3c32b324956bb1de588c04d60aeb8e9274564e325ef"
+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 5032 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES
+
+Allows for the issuance of a Class T liquor license by the town of Jamestown.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5032** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5032.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/22/2025)
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/afb679b1-c16f-4fd5-8b1e-c6a916b703b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5035.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
+description: "Allows Ryan Kenny and Brenna Sorkin to join Simran Bhajan Nebhnani and Louis Charles Miyara in marriage on April 26, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5035"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5035 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kazarian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc2e6dc-1b9f-41e0-b197-56c9b630ae34"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "37c989d003d4cbace65313aaad2da7a78848515adc09f432cedf586041072e79"
+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 5035 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES
+
+Allows Ryan Kenny and Brenna Sorkin to join Simran Bhajan Nebhnani and Louis Charles Miyara in marriage on April 26, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5035.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/11/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/04/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 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/4cc2e6dc-1b9f-41e0-b197-56c9b630ae34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5042.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES"
+description: "Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as \"payday lenders.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5042"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5042 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Lombardi", "Morales", "Newberry", "Stewart"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50880165-1c6f-4a29-9286-2c18d9ae26ed"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7cae1650d96e717600c148b7317f901667498b0f75be8d02ea7ecdff56a703bb"
+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 5042 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES
+
+Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5042 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5042A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Newberry — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-07** 06/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-07** 06/07/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/50880165-1c6f-4a29-9286-2c18d9ae26ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5043.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES"
+description: "Provides protection from and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees by, anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5043"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5043 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Kennedy", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0466554-3658-4745-877d-a506498d009c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4a546f4af6b55c19cbc67e79ecd8c0ccccb8d1022eff8fe96a454f2e2a9fad0f"
+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 5043 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
+
+Provides protection from and prevent the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees by, anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs except as authorized by federal law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5043 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5043A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/08/2025)
+- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/c0466554-3658-4745-877d-a506498d009c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5046.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES"
+description: "Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5046"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5046 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Corvese", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Knight", "Noret", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cfe1879-f199-4510-ab11-132675a78351"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "84721f99bbefc12e878c7738967c7b35feb2598e7612e4225290a40392de707b"
+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 5046 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICES
+
+Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5046.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **61–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2025)
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/5cfe1879-f199-4510-ab11-132675a78351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5049.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
+description: "Removes the requirement that the applicant for a Bronze Star Medal license plate pay a registration fee or transfer charge."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5049"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5049 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Kennedy", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa45ed1-d2fb-4982-9522-61d14e29642a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a6b041dd525e871a245559c45a48f76c5847f504de2985e289ce9868e63dfe97"
+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 5049 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
+
+Removes the requirement that the applicant for a Bronze Star Medal license plate pay a registration fee or transfer charge.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5049 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5049A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/caa45ed1-d2fb-4982-9522-61d14e29642a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5050.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
+description: "Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5050"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5050 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Brien", "Casey", "Cruz", "Giraldo", "Marszalkowski", "Messier", "Phillips", "Stewart", "Voas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9fcde9-badb-4331-903b-4667e2cfd232"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ba29cf8c34cdbdf6dd8c204d196d5905981732f217a1f9ca931d1a078d506ca0"
+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 5050 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
+
+Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5050 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5050A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Voas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/ad9fcde9-badb-4331-903b-4667e2cfd232`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5051.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO RENAMING THE NEW SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE, AQUIDNECK ISLAND"
+description: "Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.” This act would take effect upon passage."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5051"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5051 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Edwards", "Fellela"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ae0fe7b-4c29-4b10-8c15-8872dc8fb01b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "54253faa101cd7888ccbc3038aa592e78f9769c79fdd9bc957322a6e3d074ffe"
+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 5051 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO RENAMING THE NEW SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE, AQUIDNECK ISLAND
+
+Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.” This act would take effect upon passage.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5051 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5051A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-04-17** 04/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 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/3ae0fe7b-4c29-4b10-8c15-8872dc8fb01b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5067.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT"
+description: "Allows for the enactment of the dietitian licensure compact permitting a licensed dietitian from another state to become licensed within the state, and also permitting a dietitian licensed by the state to become licensed in another compact state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5067"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5067 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Donovan", "McNamara", "Morales", "Noret", "Read", "Serpa", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74d249d1-0444-458f-b87c-799bc4c7ac16"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4cbd794b79b04ee99ba17b97234c31efcd06f1f94e440b61ca6f940d1555c82b"
+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 5067 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT
+
+Allows for the enactment of the dietitian licensure compact permitting a licensed dietitian from another state to become licensed within the state, and also permitting a dietitian licensed by the state to become licensed in another compact state.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5067 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5067aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/74d249d1-0444-458f-b87c-799bc4c7ac16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5070.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES"
+description: "Increases the maximum fees payable to sheriffs, sergeants, and constables for the service of writs, citations, or subpoenas, from $45.00 to $70.00."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5070"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5070 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Finkelman", "Hull", "Kennedy", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41116ffa-3ccd-4695-bb66-f43f9b8604af"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "61136e34532830f00290fa931576f76910610d4cfc810463726f1c1b86f1b1cd"
+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 5070 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES
+
+Increases the maximum fees payable to sheriffs, sergeants, and constables for the service of writs, citations, or subpoenas, from $45.00 to $70.00.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5070.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-24** 05/24/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 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/41116ffa-3ccd-4695-bb66-f43f9b8604af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5076.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026"
+description: "MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5076"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5076 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 36
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f6a8fcb-f662-4761-ab48-d40d6d641a4d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0a3f3cdb0b971a2637c25a1fe78abb8b28ba8adb6276684fe9aaa7acde873fdf"
+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 5076 (2025) — AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026
+
+MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5076 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5076Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–60** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **65–8** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **57–17** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–60** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–60** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **16–58** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **4–70** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **74–1** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **17–56** (fail) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **65–10** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **66–9** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **12–59** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **64–11** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **61–13** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **19–53** (fail) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **16–57** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **16–57** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-08** 06/08/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-08** 06/08/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled to be heard and /or considered in anticipation of House passage (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-29** 06/29/2025 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/3f6a8fcb-f662-4761-ab48-d40d6d641a4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5081.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CHECKS"
+description: "Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5081"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5081 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Boylan", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Giraldo", "Hull", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d68538d-931f-44a3-8bd5-3863c224ab33"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "297fb51877ab8520a0216bb513a81b397003c4f684edcf3491020306639c9a6d"
+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 5081 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CHECKS
+
+Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5081 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5081A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/7d68538d-931f-44a3-8bd5-3863c224ab33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5083.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY ACT"
+description: "Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5083"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5083 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Caldwell", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Messier", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9691b0cb-beb8-4af7-9992-257867cdbc8b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "80e580d434caacf09e33aac6b8860f593972776281996a24ad7c9c1d2e644cb0"
+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 5083 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY ACT
+
+Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5083 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5083A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/06/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/9691b0cb-beb8-4af7-9992-257867cdbc8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5098.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
+description: "Creates a new motor vehicle registration for \"forestry vehicles.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5098"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5098 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Chippendale", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Shanley", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e75d74f8-bdd3-4504-b4a0-7b96e04358b3"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8dbc62eebdf5a7506450b7c0e5496191480d63f43fc9653d4d6b96b231d5df47"
+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 5098 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
+
+Creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5098 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5098Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/e75d74f8-bdd3-4504-b4a0-7b96e04358b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5108.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE"
+description: "Allows foreign trained physicians limited license to practice in Rhode Island under specific conditions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5108"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5108 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Biah", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Cruz", "Lombardi", "Marszalkowski", "McGaw", "McNamara", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/169e3c1c-cfdd-4b38-b46e-73d874dc6002"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "89a7b8777bfa5c6ce47817e29d3156e2e524373bce6a24c0e6ed582c32bd3982"
+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 5108 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE
+
+Allows foreign trained physicians limited license to practice in Rhode Island under specific conditions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5108 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5108Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/169e3c1c-cfdd-4b38-b46e-73d874dc6002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5120.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT"
+description: "Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5120"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5120 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Morales", "Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d028e2d-e19e-443d-91cc-262e6a45abb6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "72536778cdec191d417274e6b0b5cebf6e0cec4bba6bcd7e8f1ffe2287d6b62e"
+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 5120 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW ACT
+
+Provides an insurer would not impose prior authorization requirements for any service ordered by an in-network primary care provider.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5120 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5120A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2025-03-31** 03/31/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/01/2025)
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2025)
+- **2025-04-23** 04/23/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/4d028e2d-e19e-443d-91cc-262e6a45abb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5121.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS"
+description: "Creates a process for licensure and oversight by DBR over the practices and procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction limits and the regulating of fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5121"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5121 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Bennett", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Kazarian", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Serpa", "Voas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35728083-eed9-4808-96a5-535f9933fc25"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "356cf95d2449056d4d5f21d2b0632a646f9076206968e4ccf0639869361354df"
+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 5121 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS
+
+Creates a process for licensure and oversight by DBR over the practices and procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction limits and the regulating of fees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5121 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5121A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Voas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Innovation, Internet, & Technology `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2025)
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Meeting postponed (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/35728083-eed9-4808-96a5-535f9933fc25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5130.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
+description: "Crime gun ballistic evidence to be submitted to NIBIN."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5130"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5130 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Felix", "Knight", "McEntee", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12e34057-f39c-4ae2-99ad-6c59546951f2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ea688d4fb0168f7e9a7638a176c7fe7b0d9fa5fc18932321989430554bd52603"
+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 5130 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
+
+Crime gun ballistic evidence to be submitted to NIBIN.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5130 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5130A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **47–23** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **20–50** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/03/2025)
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/12e34057-f39c-4ae2-99ad-6c59546951f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5146.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
+description: "Allows the Honorable Ana B. Quezada to join Leslie Polanco and Daniel P. Nunez, in marriage on or about February 5, 2025, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5146"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5146 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Blazejewski", "Chippendale", "Morales", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 4
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2025-01-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a04eee22-7d3e-4b73-9663-4d5be5afa367"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "72497e0972df1fa306668139ba77877a3ab536429a0cf482a4518c4e3dfcfda4"
+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 5146 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES
+
+Allows the Honorable Ana B. Quezada to join Leslie Polanco and Daniel P. Nunez, in marriage on or about February 5, 2025, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5146.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ITEM 1 25-H 5146 — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** 01/23/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-01-28** 01/28/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-01-28** 01/28/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-01-30** 01/30/2025 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/a04eee22-7d3e-4b73-9663-4d5be5afa367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5155.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ARCHITECTS"
+description: "Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers, in the course of performing their duties, be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5155"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5155 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "McNamara", "Potter", "Slater", "Solomon", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2862985d-4782-4502-90a6-015e89fc068a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "91616e7fd9159b61206559f544df9f4e25a9300a79e2f5dec356b8d0c52bbdc9"
+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 5155 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ARCHITECTS
+
+Provides that architects and other authorized disaster response workers, in the course of performing their duties, be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5155 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5155A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (04/01/2025)
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/2862985d-4782-4502-90a6-015e89fc068a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5156.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW"
+description: "Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5156"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5156 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbbecc63-c913-42cf-966b-7893d30fc760"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "963a1f60fece0e38616f76469dd3acaf5f594ff37c93a50917bd98a64870c78e"
+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 5156 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- CONDOMINIUM LAW
+
+Provides that the “meetings” requirements from § 34-36.1-3.08 be applicable to condominiums created before July 1, 1982, and would permit remote participation in condominium meetings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5156 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5156A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Meeting postponed (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Meeting postponed (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2025)
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/dbbecc63-c913-42cf-966b-7893d30fc760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5157.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT"
+description: "Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5157"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5157 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Fogarty", "McNamara", "Morales", "Potter", "Slater", "Solomon", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4aa4690-7f89-4755-8556-704172d4a9f4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1ed7324e2501b15677db81a4202e78249b5bcd28830c055a207445ecc411c6b5"
+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 5157 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
+
+Provides that any disaster response worker shall, in the course of their duties, be considered a state employee and be entitled to all rights in like manner as state employees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5157 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5157A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2025)
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (04/01/2025)
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/f4aa4690-7f89-4755-8556-704172d4a9f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5158.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS"
+description: "Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5158"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5158 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Hull", "Nardone", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27671778-daa9-4ebc-8716-ed84bab6b26c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "beb57e7650fc92bed7c55c78af94c33a171d4cb2b488918bf6e3a52f61dd3a2e"
+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 5158 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
+
+Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5158 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5158Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Nardone — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2025)
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/27671778-daa9-4ebc-8716-ed84bab6b26c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5163.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM"
+description: "Provides that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education directs all local education agencies to select one of the identified high-quality curricula and materials for science and technology no later than June 30, 2026."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5163"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5163 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Carson", "Cotter", "McNamara", "Potter", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85321754-5c50-46d1-a704-ad5badd349fa"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "11f608f77e6286f43137f91619b9d1ad86c9dba9eff4bde8fc00c8a55f807199"
+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 5163 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM
+
+Provides that the commissioner of elementary and secondary education directs all local education agencies to select one of the identified high-quality curricula and materials for science and technology no later than June 30, 2026.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5163 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5163A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-10** 02/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/85321754-5c50-46d1-a704-ad5badd349fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5165.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS"
+description: "Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5165"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5165 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Kennedy", "McNamara", "Noret", "Potter", "Read", "Solomon", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb201401-0454-478b-bd5a-c897e3ad0701"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "61b8c200146225993a7a5424cc4346fc031c8b0c061b43cfbaeb0f890f81d664"
+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 5165 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS
+
+Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5165 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5165A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/bb201401-0454-478b-bd5a-c897e3ad0701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5171.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM"
+description: "Extends the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers for two (2) years to March 1, 2028."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5171"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5171 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Bennett", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McEntee", "Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6213eb-3979-45c0-902d-9a6b4b03e9fe"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a4933554741eabf4ad05fe7c645795f55e025bc5be5c4f07293b5c5288b89b07"
+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 5171 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HARM REDUCTION CENTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PILOT PROGRAM
+
+Extends the sunset provision of the four (4) year pilot program to prevent drug overdoses through the establishment of harm reduction centers for two (2) years to March 1, 2028.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5171 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5171Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–1** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **52–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/6c6213eb-3979-45c0-902d-9a6b4b03e9fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5184.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES"
+description: "Prohibits credit reporting, executions, attachments against a principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. Defines medical debt as an amount for the receipt of health care services, products, or devices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5184"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5184 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Casimiro", "Chippendale", "Craven", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Nardone", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/140b8420-658f-42e3-b212-8de8c31ab894"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8de9ab619708f5e0cd7d44d2314003cc687134d2f79ea73ef0c18671dd758eb4"
+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 5184 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
+
+Prohibits credit reporting, executions, attachments against a principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. Defines medical debt as an amount for the receipt of health care services, products, or devices.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5184 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5184A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Nardone — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025)
+- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-15** 06/15/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/140b8420-658f-42e3-b212-8de8c31ab894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5185.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS"
+description: "Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5185"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5185 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Handy", "McGaw", "Potter", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79317bb6-aa19-4fd9-adac-423be7f3e600"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a7957cbee22ef134c0aef35e4b7e5a5373e7a983c88e779284278a1b41267a8e"
+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 5185 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS
+
+Prohibits the use of service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate who enters into such an agreement or to persons who may become owners of that real estate in the future.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5185 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5185A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (03/11/2025)
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/79317bb6-aa19-4fd9-adac-423be7f3e600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5187.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT"
+description: "Expands the definition of \"employee,\" and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5187"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5187 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Brien", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Hull", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Potter", "Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10721f27-b207-4811-8784-558d99e4717f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "27c2781a225a027bc5f483575ac133757637b0f0608cb9e54561a01e8cce8d1b"
+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 5187 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT
+
+Expands the definition of "employee," and clarifies that the board may defer a pending unfair labor practice charge to allow for the grievance and arbitration process to move forward pursuant to the charging parties collective bargaining agreement.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5187 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5187Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **67–6** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **62–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/10721f27-b207-4811-8784-558d99e4717f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5188.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS"
+description: "Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. It also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5188"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5188 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Craven", "Dawson", "DeSimone", "Edwards", "Phillips", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7429551-8c21-4346-b196-3bc7387327ef"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4d954742d41aef3867cfce0de3ad166f735f722d235e52ca68669c5012c9d327"
+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 5188 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION WORK REQUIREMENTS
+
+Gives authority to the department of labor and training to enforce violations of the laws relating to corrosion prevention and mitigation work requirements. It also adds civil monetary penalties for violations of those laws.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5188 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5188A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/c7429551-8c21-4346-b196-3bc7387327ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5189.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON"
+description: "Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Barrington Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Barrington on November 5, 2024."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5189"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5189 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Knight"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0fc9bc5-e64c-4e84-8152-e45bf3f2f8f1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1f5536590cc7e9677c7cadcdaee5bdd258cb18f1289b5c465337362ecc8b5001"
+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 5189 (2025) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON
+
+Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Barrington Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the town of Barrington on November 5, 2024.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5189.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/04/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 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/a0fc9bc5-e64c-4e84-8152-e45bf3f2f8f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5218.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES"
+description: "Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5218"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5218 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Handy", "McEntee", "Noret", "Serpa", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16f009b6-d30d-4a7e-bf09-9cc755c275a1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "714637368ce097ba5e2ab8a01f4cd55b4fb97cdab7a04c5e0bb186ad2aa726d7"
+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 5218 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
+
+Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5218.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2025)
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/16f009b6-d30d-4a7e-bf09-9cc755c275a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5222.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT"
+description: "Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime while residing on a military installation located in Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5222"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5222 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Caldwell", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Dawson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7585b9-4bce-4dbe-b2ec-ca85a25d1c09"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2632b3c7ca0245dfb872d9c6e0717e5204ee9133ecfbdc643544ea0b9064512f"
+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 5222 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT
+
+Establishes concurrent jurisdiction between the Rhode Island Family Court and the Federal Government for the purposes of adjudicating minors who have allegedly committed a crime while residing on a military installation located in Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5222 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5222aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2025)
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/2e7585b9-4bce-4dbe-b2ec-ca85a25d1c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5227.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION"
+description: "Provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5227"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5227 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Donovan", "Edwards", "Fellela", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Messier", "O'Brien", "Potter", "Read", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e272649-6f15-475f-afd9-97bc315f3ff1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0ca952ab9275b880870fea178bb31438789b9c33ee9a3bf4e0342307a1220723"
+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 5227 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
+
+Provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5227.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/3e272649-6f15-475f-afd9-97bc315f3ff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5229.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING"
+description: "Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5229"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5229 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Giraldo", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83270f08-e3fa-4e62-ada2-d83ecb6b43f0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7fb339f41504739f40138f5318064a803c72289d7cd0ddb829672b6da2a1236e"
+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 5229 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
+
+Authorizes the establishment of a Rhode Island housing champion designation program and makes qualified municipalities eligible to receive preferential access to state resources, including discretionary state infrastructure funds, as available.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5229 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5229Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **61–7** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/83270f08-e3fa-4e62-ada2-d83ecb6b43f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5231.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT"
+description: "Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5231"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5231 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Brien", "Chippendale", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Newberry", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abfc0a2a-f81c-47f7-8ccc-676fefdf7021"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f1f4146258bedf84608397e24dd8697853baf2ec0fc24bb2f0531205c265fc45"
+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 5231 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT
+
+Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5231.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Newberry — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/13/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/abfc0a2a-f81c-47f7-8ccc-676fefdf7021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5235.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY"
+description: "Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5235"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5235 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Finkelman", "Furtado", "Handy", "Noret", "Read", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d229b0e5-bd14-4ba9-ae68-da58a2e835af"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7c8e8cc689f29e5beeb3ed289b33169b2519219eba7262540c651ac2ac3c5644"
+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 5235 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY
+
+Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5235 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5235A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/d229b0e5-bd14-4ba9-ae68-da58a2e835af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5247.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES"
+description: "Provides that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5247"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5247 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Diaz", "Fogarty", "Furtado", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Potter", "Voas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c26d330d-d1c9-446c-b270-2b86551a3d30"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c1d51a8ded632dd1be308d988b0049830de5abd58e2458ef98447f55edd1516b"
+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 5247 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
+
+Provides that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5247 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5247Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **65–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Voas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2025)
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/c26d330d-d1c9-446c-b270-2b86551a3d30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5248.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES"
+description: "Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5248"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5248 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cotter", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a00816db-9e11-4508-942d-c3490b59de11"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d12875adad741a152ccb2dc03b09c75ee66d7a83165db4b4bf96db6665f412aa"
+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 5248 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES
+
+Restricts audits of pharmacists conducted by insurers and their intermediaries, limiting audits to one per year unless an identified problem exists or fraud or misrepresentation is suspected.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5248 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5248A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (05/08/2025)
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/a00816db-9e11-4508-942d-c3490b59de11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5251.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RIGHTS AND DUTIES TEACHERS GENERALLY -- SEPTEMBER 11 CLASSROOM MOMENT OF SILENCE"
+description: "Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5251"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5251 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Brien", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Chippendale", "Fascia", "Hopkins", "Noret", "Paplauskas", "Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30a037f-02a9-4c97-99f6-ef8be82f8cd2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9324ef1442820b8750ae7819554dccc557e24d75ed7b1b9e37ccc6e950c3dc0b"
+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 5251 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RIGHTS AND DUTIES TEACHERS GENERALLY -- SEPTEMBER 11 CLASSROOM MOMENT OF SILENCE
+
+Allows the school building administration or teachers in all grades to provide the opportunity for students to observe a brief moment of silence on every September 11.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5251 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5251A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- Hopkins — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Paplauskas — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/e30a037f-02a9-4c97-99f6-ef8be82f8cd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5252.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET COMMISSION"
+description: "Creates a budget commission to oversee the Warwick schools district until such time as the fiscal year 2025 - 2026 Warwick school budget is approved."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5252"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5252 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "McNamara", "Read", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-04-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/365a0609-0ae0-49d5-9167-351a5c9fceca"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b68deee1e542bd2bd047b5ae7dfdc49a604e44696f17b11c393ab3bf418bfe7e"
+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 5252 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET COMMISSION
+
+Creates a budget commission to oversee the Warwick schools district until such time as the fiscal year 2025 - 2026 Warwick school budget is approved.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5252 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5252A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-10** 02/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
+- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 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/365a0609-0ae0-49d5-9167-351a5c9fceca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5266.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CERTIFIED SCHOOL TEACHERS' ARBITRATION"
+description: "Requires the employers of unionized public school teachers, municipal employees and state employees, to provide the union, at least once every 120 days, a list of all their employees in their union, as well as their personal and demographic information."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5266"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5266 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Craven", "Dawson", "Kennedy", "Kislak", "Noret", "O'Brien"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02e801a6-c608-4baa-90c8-d67a37f2d773"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "43ce2975c472282ddce97a7aeb27bfa8f3ac94cd45f83416c3e96f4ac1677422"
+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 5266 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- CERTIFIED SCHOOL TEACHERS' ARBITRATION
+
+Requires the employers of unionized public school teachers, municipal employees and state employees, to provide the union, at least once every 120 days, a list of all their employees in their union, as well as their personal and demographic information.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5266.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/02e801a6-c608-4baa-90c8-d67a37f2d773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5270.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
+description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5270"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5270 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McGaw"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aec521ff-7646-4f56-a0d2-e6145437a2dd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0cd4315479fbb789d133a9997ab3cbd8818ca87d6e2c9acf9ac67ef793db8f7b"
+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 5270 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
+
+Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5270.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-19** 05/19/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 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/aec521ff-7646-4f56-a0d2-e6145437a2dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5273.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016"
+description: "Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5273"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5273 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Hopkins", "Lima", "McEntee", "McNamara", "O'Brien", "Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d2f2c0-5315-4225-be29-3ce3a66d83eb"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "72da66286146ab5a156a8348a35eccacb317d16aa5a8665216ba1d68d10d16cc"
+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 5273 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE GOOD SAMARITAN OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2016
+
+Requires all lifeguards, and park and forest rangers, who work on a full time basis at any public beach or facility to be trained in administering opioid antagonists.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5273 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5273A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Hopkins — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
+- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/88d2f2c0-5315-4225-be29-3ce3a66d83eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5292.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS"
+description: "Requires that the basic education program data collection information for students that attend career and technical education schools be charged to the receiving school district and not the sending school district."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5292"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5292 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fellela", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83491456-b76c-4799-973a-d39bdcb4c059"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e850b323937fdfa68faa45a63ab7c629b771055d79b6829d2c9f3a798410eb73"
+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 5292 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
+
+Requires that the basic education program data collection information for students that attend career and technical education schools be charged to the receiving school district and not the sending school district.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5292.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/83491456-b76c-4799-973a-d39bdcb4c059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5293.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY"
+description: "Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5293"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5293 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DeSimone", "Diaz", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Lombardi", "O'Brien", "Sanchez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e40e02-78c4-4dab-81e3-96af7a8cb8ec"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a6935b17b4b0b18b94b2567d4c098e2efd22d2bf20a5bb4e5b5729875788df00"
+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 5293 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
+
+Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5293.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Sanchez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/12/2025)
+- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
+- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/35e40e02-78c4-4dab-81e3-96af7a8cb8ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5299.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- LEASED LAND DWELLINGS"
+description: "Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5299"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5299 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cotter", "Cruz", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Potter", "Slater", "Solomon", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cc24f04-397f-468f-93c3-ac1c40c5d8e2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "19dd1083389103e879f8b86169f88060bf48ed16d0ec869d1556437b45641312"
+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 5299 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- LEASED LAND DWELLINGS
+
+Directs RIHousing to work with stakeholders to investigate and determine ways to assist an incorporated homeowners' association to exercise rights to purchase leased land.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5299.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/5cc24f04-397f-468f-93c3-ac1c40c5d8e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5300.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION"
+description: "Considers election officials and poll workers \"public officials\" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5300"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5300 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd458e5-7a50-42ec-b02e-57d9c61f9491"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "142e94096bb0248fff732ff85b8d015a23aac2fdefe931bc1b82242864c4af26"
+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 5300 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION
+
+Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5300 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5300A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–6** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **60–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
+- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/3bd458e5-7a50-42ec-b02e-57d9c61f9491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5306.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION -- CAPITAL CENTER COMMISSION"
+description: "Repeals legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5306"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5306 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Hull", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b110e3a-cefe-41a9-8c05-6dd0410f6650"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c33cc3a2961e215b3eb5bf1a733b521d062db2dc0bafd02687e4ef65ac8ccae4"
+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 5306 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMISSION -- CAPITAL CENTER COMMISSION
+
+Repeals legislation establishing the Capital Center Commission, which is a special development district commission for downtown Providence.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5306.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 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/3b110e3a-cefe-41a9-8c05-6dd0410f6650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5307.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
+description: "Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5307"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5307 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Azzinaro", "Biah", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Hull", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b370023-af53-491e-b960-4aa269dae3e1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7ddce0a0f5a69f5d921fb9bb9de9a5486c4b68423dc836ee84a9ad6e89b4b596"
+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 5307 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
+
+Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5307** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5307.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-17** 04/17/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2025)
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-19** 05/19/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 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/9b370023-af53-491e-b960-4aa269dae3e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5310.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT"
+description: "Restructures the Rhode Island Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increases its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocates the percentage of the funds for housing, conservation and other goals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5310"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5310 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Morales", "Speakman", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e99b2a8-460e-48c3-aeb4-37e2b756a18a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "16aae30c1fdb59f964a722e2ca85a19c400abf1710ecb7cae98eb521e86ebd43"
+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 5310 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ACT
+
+Restructures the Rhode Island Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, increases its membership to 15 members, 11 of whom are to be from the general public and reallocates the percentage of the funds for housing, conservation and other goals.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5310.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **59–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
+- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/3e99b2a8-460e-48c3-aeb4-37e2b756a18a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5311.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
+description: "Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5311"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5311 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Biah", "Hull", "Noret", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85e75de8-82fb-4aef-b524-235e77d2941d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2eff69d7f453a134e6a598f244d3baab731e9e159d0098d9aa5ea5986b8ca42e"
+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 5311 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS
+
+Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5311.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/85e75de8-82fb-4aef-b524-235e77d2941d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5322.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT"
+description: "Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach for up to 180 days from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5322"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5322 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Dawson", "Diaz", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Lombardi", "McNamara", "O'Brien", "Slater", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be63761-1ea6-4c56-a568-d0f3b9491f18"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "34df9ff251397fdbc398c0fc6cb99574a11f89b3debd302bb21f3174f38df12e"
+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 5322 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT
+
+Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach for up to 180 days from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5322 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5322A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/22/2025)
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-15** 06/15/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/5be63761-1ea6-4c56-a568-d0f3b9491f18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5348.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS"
+description: "Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 and allows the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this chapter."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5348"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5348 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Craven", "Cruz", "Felix", "Furtado", "McGaw", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56264cd0-2672-4e78-adf1-819090fe7735"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9aae165ac83171614353529ee82d2873f16693da817168c19c2557bf8dcf4fd8"
+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 5348 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS
+
+Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 and allows the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this chapter.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5348 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5348A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/56264cd0-2672-4e78-adf1-819090fe7735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5349.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS"
+description: "Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5349"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5349 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Craven", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Felix", "Knight", "McEntee", "Place", "Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e3974b-c46a-4a1f-8706-61c4e146edbb"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6dc8520bb742f05f3833c53950fb4d0e21fe2c55cad30f1ac1552818fe883a5e"
+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 5349 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS
+
+Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5349.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/22/2025)
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/47e3974b-c46a-4a1f-8706-61c4e146edbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5351.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MEDICAL SPAS SAFETY ACT"
+description: "Mandates cosmetic medical procedures be performed by a physician, PA, APRN, or delegated to a qualified non-physician, non-PA or non-APRN under the supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5351"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5351 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Casey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7075b5a5-4dd0-43ce-a796-89941a43a1ce"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "05a7b742d1d5efd84cbe7c09cc3c0b5c67181abfcb497006256b41586311ccec"
+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 5351 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MEDICAL SPAS SAFETY ACT
+
+Mandates cosmetic medical procedures be performed by a physician, PA, APRN, or delegated to a qualified non-physician, non-PA or non-APRN under the supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5351 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5351Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **66–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/7075b5a5-4dd0-43ce-a796-89941a43a1ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5353.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES"
+description: "Authorizes a pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern to perform technology-assisted dispensing process validation for medications prepared for distribution by another pharmacy technician or intern within an institutional pharmacy."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5353"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5353 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Donovan", "Morales", "Noret", "Shanley", "Solomon", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e7ee969-c43a-4bcd-b026-25b4aa3fb9f5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c0aebdf201c908ff897cfcca67519f4f649feb770d81bd5152c7d1ea5207e673"
+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 5353 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES
+
+Authorizes a pharmacy technician or pharmacy intern to perform technology-assisted dispensing process validation for medications prepared for distribution by another pharmacy technician or intern within an institutional pharmacy.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5353 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5353A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-24** 03/24/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (03/27/2025)
+- **2025-03-24** 03/24/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/08/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/9e7ee969-c43a-4bcd-b026-25b4aa3fb9f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5357.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT"
+description: "Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5357"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5357 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Craven", "Cruz", "Felix", "McGaw", "Morales", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b0f4409-f0dc-4e37-8da2-714b1d6b61ac"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0801b0800e37cad18c088b173822bbdbe42f76140d077db26df82d2edd6e3718"
+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 5357 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT
+
+Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5357.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/6b0f4409-f0dc-4e37-8da2-714b1d6b61ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5358.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5358"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5358 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Craven", "Cruz", "Felix", "Furtado", "McGaw", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deacbcf6-c0f8-4984-99cb-a2a198e09db1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6c39520e8ecebd936a18841f37fc77effc0b2e8df5ae776c742eabb3052204d9"
+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 5358 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5358 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5358Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **65–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/deacbcf6-c0f8-4984-99cb-a2a198e09db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5365.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FIDUCIARIES -- APPLICATION OF LAWS TO TRUSTS"
+description: "Provides that a communication between an attorney and client acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client was acting in his, her, or its individual capacity."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5365"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5365 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Craven", "McEntee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f439e604-1727-41ad-bdf6-dc35985cfd09"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8a9d6563daeac5583175944d5866f3da04322b1995780320d3f5bbc786e1e575"
+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 5365 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FIDUCIARIES -- APPLICATION OF LAWS TO TRUSTS
+
+Provides that a communication between an attorney and client acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client was acting in his, her, or its individual capacity.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5365.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/f439e604-1727-41ad-bdf6-dc35985cfd09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5369.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
+description: "Exempts from property taxation, the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5369"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5369 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Hull", "Kislak", "Lombardi", "Morales", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51cc91c4-0c1b-42f0-badf-119b938b41cd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fde2f4c3f35f1aa7024757b4da72238ca1bfd1a0f874b526cba12d257727b844"
+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 5369 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
+
+Exempts from property taxation, the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5369.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 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/51cc91c4-0c1b-42f0-badf-119b938b41cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5370.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
+description: "Provides tax credits or the equivalent assessment dollars to veterans, gold star parents, visually impaired persons and the elderly."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5370"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5370 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8abfc39-e6c4-4081-a716-02113b8f6e74"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "752dd3fcfba0cca0cef310ee1cc0011eec403d6c7fff0ced866fb75b192cf409"
+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 5370 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
+
+Provides tax credits or the equivalent assessment dollars to veterans, gold star parents, visually impaired persons and the elderly.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5370.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-07** 06/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/a8abfc39-e6c4-4081-a716-02113b8f6e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5372.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS"
+description: "Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5372"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5372 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5bcc638-8bc8-42fc-a4ab-f51a1847a50a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a5dda8a7a613bf1991f2048787a77c2a053feaaacf16655fa242c626817b8ca9"
+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 5372 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS
+
+Includes police officers to fire fighters who are unable to perform duties as a result of heart disease, stroke or hypertension to be presumed to have suffered an in-the-line-of-duty disability, unless contrary evidence is presented.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5372.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-03** 07/03/2025 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/e5bcc638-8bc8-42fc-a4ab-f51a1847a50a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5384.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES"
+description: "Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5384"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5384 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "DeSimone", "Furtado", "Knight", "McGaw", "Shanley", "Speakman", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbc2c8a0-4899-433a-bde4-b45ebd2e37b5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "de3820072c04b4eb5bf3e83a87c66ffb7cb9ba36092ac76e7732700ef40bb7b2"
+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 5384 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES
+
+Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5384.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/dbc2c8a0-4899-433a-bde4-b45ebd2e37b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5388.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION"
+description: "Makes a technical amendment to correctly reference a section of general law that allows for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Rhode Island organ transplant fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5388"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5388 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marszalkowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4048a578-cc4d-4014-b004-d7d5faa7ed0e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fee63f5f4f22746b4ee23c573bf00c794d417aa06301478323ef46bbfd0ea3bf"
+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 5388 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
+
+Makes a technical amendment to correctly reference a section of general law that allows for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Rhode Island organ transplant fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5388.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03** 03/03/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
+- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-24** 05/24/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/4048a578-cc4d-4014-b004-d7d5faa7ed0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5415.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES"
+description: "Provides standards for developing, implementing, and maintaining reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer information."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5415"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5415 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89660197-d235-4cd8-a250-fd17ce2b520e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3a77cb44cbe32fba378170f5a0f89644fb1512dc4cdebb8f235429218fb9a451"
+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 5415 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES
+
+Provides standards for developing, implementing, and maintaining reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of customer information.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5415 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5415A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/89660197-d235-4cd8-a250-fd17ce2b520e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5420.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES"
+description: "Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5420"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5420 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Cortvriend", "Corvese", "Donovan", "McNamara", "Noret", "Phillips", "Roberts", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd3618c-4278-4ab7-8e59-5c65951dbf9f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9e352b55ddf398b1016a0436c3bbea1ff72d662c35c893926fdbbfefadb8ad03"
+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 5420 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
+
+Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5420.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/11/2025)
+- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/cfd3618c-4278-4ab7-8e59-5c65951dbf9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5421.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ENFORCEMENT"
+description: "Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5421"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5421 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Craven", "Finkelman", "Messier", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1426aeb8-6e3a-4890-8334-42e4ccc09ce4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f8ed0b1d8063137b7017bf53111810e9767519290ee1864b24d6ebf7608ffa1f"
+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 5421 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ENFORCEMENT
+
+Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5421 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5421Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **69–2** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/1426aeb8-6e3a-4890-8334-42e4ccc09ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5427.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES"
+description: "Includes the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5427"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5427 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Boylan", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cc8081e-22d4-451d-ad86-e8e63ed179b8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b6d552fbbeeffb5f150da0a8d843cc4bed844dd8c3c5e2b9c4286d60485993f4"
+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 5427 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES
+
+Includes the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5427 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5427A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **54–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Meeting postponed (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/6cc8081e-22d4-451d-ad86-e8e63ed179b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5448.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY --GENERAL PROVISIONS"
+description: "Eliminates the \"until June 30, 2025\" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5448"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5448 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kislak", "McEntee", "Morales", "Noret", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44997075-b99a-40dd-ba0e-3298af01ac64"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "79ff9098acc1bdd0a90d28257e7c0b04e522b10934f6e1c13093f82668457640"
+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 5448 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY --GENERAL PROVISIONS
+
+Eliminates the "until June 30, 2025" sunset on the increase in the total amount of earnings a partial-unemployment insurance claimant can receive before being entirely disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5448 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5448aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- RECONSIDERATION — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
+- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House voted to reconsider
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/44997075-b99a-40dd-ba0e-3298af01ac64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5451.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
+description: "Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5451"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5451 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e9e095-9bea-4246-927a-6cdf88510d1f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e32f545cc29bd9347e510d0d86c7289b63a93265d2d19688b117921d5a0d2ecf"
+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 5451 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
+
+Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5451.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
+- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2025)
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/68e9e095-9bea-4246-927a-6cdf88510d1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5460.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNIFORM AERONAUTICAL REGULATORY ACT"
+description: "Adds \"space force\" to many sections of the general laws, listing of military branches."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5460"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5460 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Hull", "Read", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97070f6a-e722-48ed-8846-ef8a8188d9f0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f18a9a18610055d3807b4a23766efb19a7b524950b555cc4645b969a7cf24957"
+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 5460 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNIFORM AERONAUTICAL REGULATORY ACT
+
+Adds "space force" to many sections of the general laws, listing of military branches.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5460** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5460.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** 05/31/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-31** 05/31/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/97070f6a-e722-48ed-8846-ef8a8188d9f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5464.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT"
+description: "Repeals the exemption granted to pari-mutuel facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the smoke free policy within the casino."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5464"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5464 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Chippendale", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Shallcross Smith", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a59cf653-f27c-4431-bf70-268f9c3a540a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "aedac4163b1f210fdc31c9b45066138325728a60c3886190d000021c02533af5"
+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 5464 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT
+
+Repeals the exemption granted to pari-mutuel facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the smoke free policy within the casino.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5464 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5464Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **69–4** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **44–27** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/a59cf653-f27c-4431-bf70-268f9c3a540a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5484.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS"
+description: "Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5484"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5484 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff76ba8-9b55-4189-8568-224585bae8d4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "53ef8844b8e0231cdb90a3c95346659d53d0d5bc9f5d3512a841760f641935cb"
+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 5484 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
+
+Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5484 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5484A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/cff76ba8-9b55-4189-8568-224585bae8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5486.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ATHLETIC TRAINERS"
+description: "Requires certified athletic trainers to be trained in the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors (epi-pens) and would require such professionals to be equipped with the medication while performing professional activities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5486"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5486 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Fellela"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30814d18-8b8b-4466-831e-2d275956cba5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1008c5c6d99d14a690842aabeb877026697ffa187e0aa5d2288150a1fa1c11c4"
+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 5486 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ATHLETIC TRAINERS
+
+Requires certified athletic trainers to be trained in the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors (epi-pens) and would require such professionals to be equipped with the medication while performing professional activities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5486 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5486A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/30814d18-8b8b-4466-831e-2d275956cba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5494.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES"
+description: "Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5494"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5494 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Noret", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56454b98-931a-4e35-ab70-a8e32409867a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "630ba7251e5581c52807686be7dbc9007e533658d0806299a195df9788bb2ef6"
+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 5494 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES
+
+Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5494 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5494A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/56454b98-931a-4e35-ab70-a8e32409867a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5495.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS"
+description: "Authorizes a midwife, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant attending a newborn to cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for conditions for which there is a medical benefit to the early detection and treatment of the disorder."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5495"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5495 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kislak"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b71660d0-ac19-4b2d-bb35-ef05f7d0de77"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "acad4ceb43dc998670cdf13ca87f84fdb83f65bc2da92183414bf3a4e4971042"
+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 5495 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
+
+Authorizes a midwife, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant attending a newborn to cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for conditions for which there is a medical benefit to the early detection and treatment of the disorder.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5495.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **58–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/b71660d0-ac19-4b2d-bb35-ef05f7d0de77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5505.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS"
+description: "Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5505"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5505 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a14806fc-1bef-4407-9855-2019f4513c7d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "656d9c96fc5dcbf2c16bf92a6471fcdac4fbcdc57c2c7ef89e055cc0ce9a98cf"
+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 5505 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LABOR AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS BY CONTRACTORS
+
+Prohibits payments in lieu of pension benefits to person employed more than ninety (90) days.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5505.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
+- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/a14806fc-1bef-4407-9855-2019f4513c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5506.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT -- EMPLOYEE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS"
+description: "Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion, as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5506"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5506 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Craven", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "O'Brien", "Potter", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55d3ef86-cff3-4a3e-a8a2-02add14ea8d6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5590cc4b1e3310a304f032611b1968f4c69a0ea1959493a4ad547825e7759273"
+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 5506 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT -- EMPLOYEE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS
+
+Protects the rights of employees in the workplace relating to free speech, assembly and religion, as well as attendance at employer-sponsored meetings regarding political or religious matters.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5506 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5506A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/55d3ef86-cff3-4a3e-a8a2-02add14ea8d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5512.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
+description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5512"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5512 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f6c1d1-a0c2-4c85-8668-20901ff9d595"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "358367479b1e3fd2717935ae8bee54d9e8688a3774ca45ab1e9391bc99bbbc07"
+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 5512 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
+
+Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5512.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/b3f6c1d1-a0c2-4c85-8668-20901ff9d595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5513.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
+description: "Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5513"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5513 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Dawson", "Noret", "Perez", "Phillips", "Read", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec302b70-a338-43a4-8c9f-97302464f0bd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f3150fbe79dd439e33577dfb5061fd174996191aab4ed488a583b473ba29f23b"
+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 5513 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
+
+Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5513.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/ec302b70-a338-43a4-8c9f-97302464f0bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5514.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
+description: "Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding \"mail voters\" on the ballot."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5514"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5514 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Fascia", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Messier", "Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9a76cb6-13ef-44d2-b973-5d5c33e7f598"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "17669f63ea2504740eac9b3a57a9cdc4836fc6454a9b707850e33246d48f4eda"
+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 5514 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS
+
+Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5514.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/c9a76cb6-13ef-44d2-b973-5d5c33e7f598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5517.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS"
+description: "Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5517"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5517 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Lima", "Paplauskas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5018f28-d4a3-403e-934d-cb8424729550"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "34b90af84466debaf32056ae79b85433890d9d1e2257a0de4bf022c91ec1f2e1"
+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 5517 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS
+
+Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5517.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- Paplauskas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/d5018f28-d4a3-403e-934d-cb8424729550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5522.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES"
+description: "Requires the rule adopting agency to send a copy of the certified rule to all members of the general assembly, within twenty (20) days of filing a final rule."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5522"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5522 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Serpa", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70ebe1ef-44e4-4f94-8d03-40f22951005e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3945b966caf8c4234043f81d7a0689cb32610deaf8d07f1c4a57a9500a133ea7"
+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 5522 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
+
+Requires the rule adopting agency to send a copy of the certified rule to all members of the general assembly, within twenty (20) days of filing a final rule.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5522 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5522A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 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/70ebe1ef-44e4-4f94-8d03-40f22951005e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5547.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION"
+description: "Increases the public utilities reserve fund cap and the cap on expenses relating to the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers representing the state before federal agencies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5547"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5547 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e527ed10-8ca8-4801-a402-a644e15f5170"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d402707308222c80da17e2880e55893833cb613d91f583fc5c33818eb5ad84ae"
+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 5547 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
+
+Increases the public utilities reserve fund cap and the cap on expenses relating to the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers representing the state before federal agencies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5547.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/e527ed10-8ca8-4801-a402-a644e15f5170`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5548.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- VOLUNTARY RESTRUCTURING OF SOLVENT INSURERS"
+description: "Makes numerous technical corrections related to insurance, provides a definition for \"cybersecurity insurance\", and would repeal the chapter relating to reciprocal exchanges and interinsurers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5548"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5548 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "O'Brien", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce971e76-599e-4102-b832-8a084288bb75"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "39432607c2a140fa812629a427b44860d529718e7fd74a9dd651cb4ad69037af"
+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 5548 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- VOLUNTARY RESTRUCTURING OF SOLVENT INSURERS
+
+Makes numerous technical corrections related to insurance, provides a definition for "cybersecurity insurance", and would repeal the chapter relating to reciprocal exchanges and interinsurers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5548 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5548A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/ce971e76-599e-4102-b832-8a084288bb75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5550.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS"
+description: "Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5550"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5550 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9933dd7-6271-4e08-bb05-0c2b3b10110f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5fa5bba8a20f8d879e992f06850b3e11ed7a34565ea287d2aec6c3e9ee7c1066"
+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 5550 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS
+
+Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5550.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/b9933dd7-6271-4e08-bb05-0c2b3b10110f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5557.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS"
+description: "Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5557"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5557 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Alzate", "Baginski", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Perez", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/048f4ac6-3dd1-4cc8-a383-15b4ddc85443"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c5ba3262fb43f3202a12b936babb5f46f69315d3b86fb55d84c6900dc7d922b8"
+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 5557 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS
+
+Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5557 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5557A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2025)
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/048f4ac6-3dd1-4cc8-a383-15b4ddc85443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5558.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD"
+description: "Requires all applicants who seek to register as a contractor to produce a legible copy of a valid government issued identification."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5558"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5558 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Baginski", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Perez", "Place", "Shallcross Smith", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4fa0ab5-10ad-4545-a22a-9467495c9ad5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d0c4eb376dc918d8583691d6a1d88bb15b6a72118f0816ef27947fe7b146e755"
+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 5558 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- CONTRACTORS' REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BOARD
+
+Requires all applicants who seek to register as a contractor to produce a legible copy of a valid government issued identification.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5558.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Labor and Gaming `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
+- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/d4fa0ab5-10ad-4545-a22a-9467495c9ad5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5562.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS"
+description: "Provides that charitable organizations with a gross income of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less can meet the required reporting and records requirements by providing either an IRS Form 900 or other approved financial statements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5562"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5562 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349376e1-ab94-4208-a054-720cbad5af2b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fc189547bdfe946018354ff4ace6016914cdb45fbf68f537618456deff97461c"
+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 5562 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
+
+Provides that charitable organizations with a gross income of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less can meet the required reporting and records requirements by providing either an IRS Form 900 or other approved financial statements.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5562.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/349376e1-ab94-4208-a054-720cbad5af2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5563.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION NOTICE ACT"
+description: "Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5563"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5563 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "McEntee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e493600-ff60-4bd9-bbfe-fb7cdb7377bb"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d2718ac794bb3741717746c77e38094895ebb73571c103d3a9d903536a45502c"
+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 5563 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION NOTICE ACT
+
+Requires hotel employees and short-term rental property operators to annually receive human trafficking awareness training.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5563.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **56–9** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2025)
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/9e493600-ff60-4bd9-bbfe-fb7cdb7377bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5565.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND KRATOM ACT"
+description: "Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as \"kratom.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5565"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5565 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Edwards", "Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806650a8-7ecf-4449-ac70-91a94af93204"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "30dc8915b8ca6701917f69ee888b9f763951cbd78d254d335ba6a0a0d7ac6ffe"
+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 5565 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE RHODE ISLAND KRATOM ACT
+
+Authorizes and regulates the distribution of the product known as "kratom."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5565 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5565A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **40–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025)
+- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/806650a8-7ecf-4449-ac70-91a94af93204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PET INSURANCE ACT"
+description: "Provides for the sale and regulation of pet insurance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5569"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5569 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e2606f4-9f88-4473-a5f7-490cd6d5d684"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "84a3f5072311c2475f7ab5e29fa0265c9e200bceb498502efeead8007ab260e4"
+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 5569 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PET INSURANCE ACT
+
+Provides for the sale and regulation of pet insurance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5569 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5569A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/08/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/1e2606f4-9f88-4473-a5f7-490cd6d5d684`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+