republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5299.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)	AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	HB 5299	Rhode Island HB 5299 (2019)	bill	Animals Developmentally Disabled	enacted	Hawkins Lima Noret Phillips Serodio	1	18	1	2019-02-06	2019-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/cf43201d-ff46-478a-94e5-f568a612b93f	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	7f209bfb44fa9083fd6708047265cbbfdfb52ed835ef5e01f93bfbaa64eb0618	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5299 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)

Version chain

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

1. 5299 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 68–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hawkins — primary (person)
• Lima — primary (person)
• Noret — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Serodio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-06 02/06/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2019-02-27 02/27/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/27/2019)
• 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
• 2019-03-29 03/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2019)
• 2019-04-03 04/03/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 04/05/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2019)
• 2019-04-11 04/11/2019 House passed as amended passage
• 2019-04-30 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2019-05-31 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
• 2019-06-04 06/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
• 2019-06-13 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
• 2019-07-03 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-08 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf43201d-ff46-478a-94e5-f568a612b93f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).