---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5869"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5869 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Hospitals", "Licenses", "Medical"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Cardillo", "DeSimone", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Shekarchi", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc84a7aa-4c78-4019-a7b7-f66498dd7d45"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2689514b38d06b527a0eb3b41715071338dce9908a08ec11f40bb5bb90bdb5e8"
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 5869 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5869 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5869A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/dc84a7aa-4c78-4019-a7b7-f66498dd7d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).