---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (Repeals the law which provides enhanced penalties of a fine of not more than $250/ imprisonment for not more than 6 months for disclosure of health care information with respect to an individual diagnosis and treatment of a sexually transmitted disease.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (Repeals the law which provides enhanced penalties of a fine of not more than $250/ imprisonment for not more than 6 months for disclosure of health care information with respect to an individual diagnosis and treatment of a sexually transmitted disease.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5680"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5680 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Health & Safety", "Fees", "Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Lombardi", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/974b9d06-968e-42a2-9c70-4164c1276796"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3c3968225dfe190498ab9d87470aacda02dff23e5c8c3ee261f3ae6a22ac82be"
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 5680 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (Repeals the law which provides enhanced penalties of a fine of not more than $250/ imprisonment for not more than 6 months for disclosure of health care information with respect to an individual diagnosis and treatment of a sexually transmitted disease.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5680** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5680.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2017)
- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-04-03** 04/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2017)
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/974b9d06-968e-42a2-9c70-4164c1276796`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).