---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Requires that retirement contributions be deposited or remitted to the retirement system within three (3) days.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Requires that retirement contributions be deposited or remitted to the retirement system within three (3) days.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5382"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5382 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "General Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Casey", "Lima", "O'Brien", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d50a334d-ef34-4e9d-91b8-434cedb03895"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9860438c92971beb053103649d316493fc943f12a7485a6b2008429f272ce300"
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 5382 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (Requires that retirement contributions be deposited or remitted to the retirement system within three (3) days.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5382 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5382A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/d50a334d-ef34-4e9d-91b8-434cedb03895`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).