---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5606"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5606 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Dept. of Administration", "Health & Safety", "Human Services", "Seniors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Fellela", "McNamara", "Messier", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49f471d3-6c33-4af2-9145-5bfe92bab8bc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f1bd91c37cd509f00a14f2d0c8b6fae0c3c3ce07dc8a8bccee58dde61006f9a7"
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 5606 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- CITIZENS' COMMISSION FOR THE SAFETY AND CARE OF THE ELDERLY (Amends several sections of law relating to safety and care for the elderly.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5606.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** 02/22/2023 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2023)
- **2023-03-15** 03/15/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/49f471d3-6c33-4af2-9145-5bfe92bab8bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).