---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Adds immunity from liability and provide compensation for certain injuries for employees whose position within school directly involves work with students.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Adds immunity from liability and provide compensation for certain injuries for employees whose position within school directly involves work with students.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5564"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5564 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Education", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Dawson", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bd9fc5f-ad5a-4322-94d8-7d060d0b7276"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5d232e82cf5ee4af02e59148a5266f226ced3c171672dde1332ff51856dda640"
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 5564 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Adds immunity from liability and provide compensation for certain injuries for employees whose position within school directly involves work with students.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5564 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5564Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2023)
- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/4bd9fc5f-ad5a-4322-94d8-7d060d0b7276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).