---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF NURSING SERVICE AGENCIES (Establishes a cap on the rates that nursing service agencies can charge; protects clients from having their staff recruited/hired by a nursing service agency while providing services to them; updates training. FINAL VERSION LC2141/A/2)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF NURSING SERVICE AGENCIES (Establishes a cap on the rates that nursing service agencies can charge; protects clients from having their staff recruited/hired by a nursing service agency while providing services to them; updates training. FINAL VERSION LC2141/A/2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5870"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5870 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Labor", "Licenses", "Nurses", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hull"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e5e830-4974-489f-bf61-82ca6d8250e3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "66f4b7c0a9a648b05a17437d303d048ffd0928b7785f577fae6afdf580cbf04c"
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 5870 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF NURSING SERVICE AGENCIES (Establishes a cap on the rates that nursing service agencies can charge; protects clients from having their staff recruited/hired by a nursing service agency while providing services to them; updates training. FINAL VERSION LC2141/A/2)

## Version chain

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

1. **5870 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5870A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Hull — 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`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A 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/b4e5e830-4974-489f-bf61-82ca6d8250e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).