---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS -- PRESUMPTION FOR HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION (Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS -- PRESUMPTION FOR HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION (Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5201"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5201 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cities & Towns", "Health & Safety", "Medical", "Police & Fire"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Craven", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10608052-219f-4232-b456-5418188d0d69"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "175671d672d4db834f7dbad15b6969d0ea18278e8e9ff9312f344c02d3e102b3"
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 5201 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- RELIEF OF INJURED AND DECEASED FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS -- PRESUMPTION FOR HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION (Allows the presumption of in-the-line-of-duty illness unless contrary evidence is presented.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5201.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Costantino — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** 01/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-02-14** 02/14/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/16/2023)
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/10608052-219f-4232-b456-5418188d0d69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).