---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT"
description: "Repeals the exemption granted to pari-mutuel facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the smoke free policy within the casino."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5464"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5464 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Chippendale", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Shallcross Smith", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a59cf653-f27c-4431-bf70-268f9c3a540a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "aedac4163b1f210fdc31c9b45066138325728a60c3886190d000021c02533af5"
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 5464 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT

Repeals the exemption granted to pari-mutuel facilities and casinos from the smoke free workplace requirement and provides for a one time appropriate of $1,000,000 to inform patrons of the smoke free policy within the casino.

## Version chain

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

1. **5464 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5464Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **69–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **44–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended 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/a59cf653-f27c-4431-bf70-268f9c3a540a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).