republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/sb-171.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	SB 171	Rhode Island SB 171 (2019)	bill	Developmentally Disabled General Assembly Handicapped	enacted	Coyne DiPalma Seveney Sosnowski Valverde	1	20	3	2019-01-24	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/98071966-21ab-469a-8902-131e03bc0dcb	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	df16e22609ebd9e9de06d72d15e4b8d272d98bfa3f57e970f86ceed26ca4e4a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 171 (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. 171 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Coyne — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-24 01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-02-22 02/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
• 2019-02-27 02/27/2019 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 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 04/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/10/2019)
• 2019-04-10 04/10/2019 Senate read and passed passage
• 2019-04-11 04/11/2019 Referred to House Labor referral-committee
• 2019-05-31 05/31/2019 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
• 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2019)
• 2019-06-12 06/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
• 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Proposed Substitute
• 2019-06-19 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/24/2019)
• 2019-06-24 06/24/2019 House passed Sub A passage
• 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A 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/98071966-21ab-469a-8902-131e03bc0dcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).