---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE AND CHILD PRODUCTS SAFETY (Increases amount of flame retardant chemicals contained in residential upholstered bedding/furniture manufactured/ sold in state from 100 ppm to 1,000 ppm effective January 1, 2020.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE AND CHILD PRODUCTS SAFETY (Increases amount of flame retardant chemicals contained in residential upholstered bedding/furniture manufactured/ sold in state from 100 ppm to 1,000 ppm effective January 1, 2020.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5119"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5119 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire Code", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Morin", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e77dd6c1-3ca9-4319-aaeb-d355e784731b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d709cf1e282a697552b12ec354887bf24fcda3a7271d2f3f23f60ee0a40bdc98"
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 5119 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE AND CHILD PRODUCTS SAFETY (Increases amount of flame retardant chemicals contained in residential upholstered bedding/furniture manufactured/ sold in state from 100 ppm to 1,000 ppm effective January 1, 2020.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5119.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** 01/11/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/13/2019)
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019)
- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-29** 04/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2019)
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2019)
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-05** 07/05/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/e77dd6c1-3ca9-4319-aaeb-d355e784731b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).