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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS--HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING AND PREVENTION ACT (Creates the Human Trafficking Reporting and Prevention Act applicable to hotels, requiring them to educate their employees about identifying, reporting and preventing human trafficking, on their premises.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS--HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING AND PREVENTION ACT (Creates the Human Trafficking Reporting and Prevention Act applicable to hotels, requiring them to educate their employees about identifying, reporting and preventing human trafficking, on their premises.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 5270"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5270 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Criminal Offense", "Hotel"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Biah", "Diaz", "Felix", "Giraldo", "McNamara", "Perez", "S Lima", "Slater", "Tobon"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-29"
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last_action: "2021-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b51b369-052d-487c-8c38-b3f78da0d8f3"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "567f03d1246c615734c8ec1a0727a2f216c4839bb82becd71e68a54225896227"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5270 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- HOTELS--HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTING AND PREVENTION ACT (Creates the Human Trafficking Reporting and Prevention Act applicable to hotels, requiring them to educate their employees about identifying, reporting and preventing human trafficking, on their premises.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5270 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5270A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Abney — primary (person)
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- Biah — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Felix — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Perez — primary (person)
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- S Lima — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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- Tobon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2021)
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- **2021-02-08** 02/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2021)
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- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
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- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House voted to recommit to House Corporations
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- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2021)
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- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
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- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
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- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
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- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b51b369-052d-487c-8c38-b3f78da0d8f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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