---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Allows some persons, who do not otherwise qualify to reside in a special care unit in an assisted living residence to get into that unit under certain circumstances.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Allows some persons, who do not otherwise qualify to reside in a special care unit in an assisted living residence to get into that unit under certain circumstances.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5141"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5141 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Canario", "Edwards", "Lyle", "McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b18ae746-fd55-4aa5-acf7-8cd00d4bab13"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8cec4678adc8e03987898665e8aaa136c08e51c6b97ba58bff778929ca978d46"
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 5141 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Allows some persons, who do not otherwise qualify to reside in a special care unit in an assisted living residence to get into that unit under certain circumstances.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5141 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5141A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Lyle — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** 01/17/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/b18ae746-fd55-4aa5-acf7-8cd00d4bab13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).