---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND DUMBWAITERS (Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND DUMBWAITERS (Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5535"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5535 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Computer Technology", "Health & Safety", "Housing", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Cardillo", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Diaz", "Henries", "Hull", "Morales", "Noret", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d248f5-ad77-4fd6-b22a-d558a5c9d1c9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5e2dafa696e4d3f3a09726806507008463012c43af58b25949af6fce73b511e0"
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 5535 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND DUMBWAITERS (Provides for a registration process for private elevators to include a database of all private elevators to be maintained by the chief inspector.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5535.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2023)
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/57d248f5-ad77-4fd6-b22a-d558a5c9d1c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).