---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ABUSE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Makes amendments providing for additional reporting duties and requirements for persons with knowledge of mistreatment or neglect of elders.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ABUSE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Makes amendments providing for additional reporting duties and requirements for persons with knowledge of mistreatment or neglect of elders.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5573"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5573 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Elderly Affairs", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Jacquard", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/125af5db-7ae5-490a-8d77-d226fcb1aa0a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "39695d941671c0041816caf06854a22ed8fd86a2d477133d7816ce43a4aa9221"
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 5573 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ABUSE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Makes amendments providing for additional reporting duties and requirements for persons with knowledge of mistreatment or neglect of elders.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5573 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5573aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Jacquard — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 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)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 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/125af5db-7ae5-490a-8d77-d226fcb1aa0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).