---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RIGHT TO CONSUMER ACCESS TO POWERED WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS"
description: "Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5017"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5017 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Bennett", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18616b1a-6311-4f9f-b9cb-d21ab76eccb4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6ebce70e9d4a874f984bf851ba098761a15e82745c38a6c41e88ce152bb66bbf"
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 5017 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RIGHT TO CONSUMER ACCESS TO POWERED WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS

Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software.

## Version chain

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

1. **5017 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5017A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-02-10** 02/10/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/11/2025)
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/18616b1a-6311-4f9f-b9cb-d21ab76eccb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).