---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - ARBITRATION - CONTINUANCE OF CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS (Provides for the extension of certain contractual provisions in a school teachers' collective bargaining agreement if the parties are engaged in negotiations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - ARBITRATION - CONTINUANCE OF CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS (Provides for the extension of certain contractual provisions in a school teachers' collective bargaining agreement if the parties are engaged in negotiations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5437"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5437 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Millea", "Morin", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96fcc9b-6569-4a6f-ae80-f1f701b943ca"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4719c22e5f299474b37369a5dc20d19dcafa29a5b4fa09ef8029a239821fae9f"
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 5437 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - ARBITRATION - CONTINUANCE OF CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS (Provides for the extension of certain contractual provisions in a school teachers' collective bargaining agreement if the parties are engaged in negotiations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5437 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5437A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Millea — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-08** 04/08/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2019)
- **2019-04-08** 04/08/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/23/2019)
- **2019-04-23** 04/23/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2019)
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 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/d96fcc9b-6569-4a6f-ae80-f1f701b943ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).