republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5394.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5394	Rhode Island HB 5394 (2021)	bill	Children and Families Developmentally Disabled Domestic Relations Equal Rights/Discrimination Handicapped State Affairs	enacted	Bennett Cassar Cortvriend Handy Henries Kislak McGaw Ruggiero Shekarchi	1	14	1	2021-02-05	2021-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/7d823a8e-8dda-4c5e-a1db-527c6734a6ec	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	ced02d87257dc933fc660be7665351fb949dd9a695ac1f34b5131c2cea34802c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5394 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED PARENT ACT (Precludes a parent's disability from serving as the sole basis for the state to institute an investigation of the disabled parent's family.)

Version chain

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

1. 5394 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Cassar — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• Handy — primary (person)
• Henries — primary (person)
• Kislak — primary (person)
• McGaw — primary (person)
• Ruggiero — primary (person)
• Shekarchi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-05 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/23/2021)
• 2021-02-23 02/23/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-04-09 04/09/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/13/2021)
• 2021-04-13 04/13/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-13 04/13/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/15/2021)
• 2021-04-15 04/15/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-04-30 04/30/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
• 2021-05-06 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-14 05/14/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/18/2021)
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-05-19 05/19/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-26 05/26/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d823a8e-8dda-4c5e-a1db-527c6734a6ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).