---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates a patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of age/sex/gender identity/sexual orientation, race/color/marital status/familial status/disability/religion/national origin/source of income/source of payment or profession.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates a patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of age/sex/gender identity/sexual orientation, race/color/marital status/familial status/disability/religion/national origin/source of income/source of payment or profession.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5428"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5428 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Human Services", "Medical"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Bennett", "Boylan", "Cruz", "Felix", "Handy", "Knight", "McGaw", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fad8b81-dece-414f-89f8-513a644f7569"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4b0922a69b44d5b7c49f87eb95d8045f1b4357eb52e10a1627c8e440c884555a"
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 5428 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates a patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of age/sex/gender identity/sexual orientation, race/color/marital status/familial status/disability/religion/national origin/source of income/source of payment or profession.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5428 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5428aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2023)
- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/1fad8b81-dece-414f-89f8-513a644f7569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).