---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES"
description: "Includes the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5427"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5427 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Boylan", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cc8081e-22d4-451d-ad86-e8e63ed179b8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b6d552fbbeeffb5f150da0a8d843cc4bed844dd8c3c5e2b9c4286d60485993f4"
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 5427 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES

Includes the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and eighteen (18) years of age.

## Version chain

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

1. **5427 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5427A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **54–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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
- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Meeting postponed (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/6cc8081e-22d4-451d-ad86-e8e63ed179b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).