---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Includes any \"licensed public health dental hygienist\" among persons eligible to conduct dental screenings for children in kindergarten, third, and ninth grade.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Includes any \"licensed public health dental hygienist\" among persons eligible to conduct dental screenings for children in kindergarten, third, and ninth grade.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5431"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5431 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentist", "Dept. of Health", "Education", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casimiro", "Mendez", "Shanley", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a05df4b0-a3b1-4df5-92d3-65ec83ec0d3d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "654bf75745020dc4489d0e76ff41ffcde40bf602ff0ce749d927a961767645dc"
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 5431 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Includes any "licensed public health dental hygienist" among persons eligible to conduct dental screenings for children in kindergarten, third, and ninth grade.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5431 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5431aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Mendez — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/a05df4b0-a3b1-4df5-92d3-65ec83ec0d3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).