---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN -- EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN -- EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5006"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5006 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Medical", "State Affairs", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Blazejewski", "Carson", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fec38d5-8361-49d9-96c3-1b406ec03b70"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "24d6fe7342f3c60d853fce8543f68e9850be38f68bbbb79387df6aecd68d3c69"
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 5006 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN -- EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5006** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5006.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **49–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** 01/06/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2023)
- **2023-03-06** 03/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/27/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 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/5fec38d5-8361-49d9-96c3-1b406ec03b70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).