republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5289.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - APPROPRIATE DISABILITY LANGUAGE (Ensures appropriate disability language is used in all job descriptions and statutes.)	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - APPROPRIATE DISABILITY LANGUAGE (Ensures appropriate disability language is used in all job descriptions and statutes.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	HB 5289	Rhode Island HB 5289 (2019)	bill	General Assembly Handicapped	enacted	Ackerman Ajello Amore Jackson McNamara	1	15	1	2019-02-06	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/403b6ad1-c52c-43c8-a93b-2eb9a53d465e	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	3ce948f1fb495caa9e4986ddee039a19dae805fbb8e6e17ab97aba8b55a94378	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5289 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - APPROPRIATE DISABILITY LANGUAGE (Ensures appropriate disability language is used in all job descriptions and statutes.)

Version chain

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

1. 5289 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ackerman — primary (person)
• Ajello — primary (person)
• Amore — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• McNamara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-06 02/06/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 02/15/2019 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
• 2019-03-01 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2019)
• 2019-03-06 03/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-05-31 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2019)
• 2019-06-05 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2019)
• 2019-06-13 06/13/2019 House read and passed passage
• 2019-06-13 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Labor referral-committee
• 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
• 2019-06-19 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/403b6ad1-c52c-43c8-a93b-2eb9a53d465e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).