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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.) AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 HB 5543 Rhode Island HB 5543 (2021)
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Rhode Island HB 5543 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5543 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • AS AMENDED — 700 (pass) · lower
  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 690 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • McNamara — primary (person)
  • Speakman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-12 02/12/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-05 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2021)
  • 2021-03-08 03/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
  • 2021-06-14 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-14 06/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
  • 2021-06-17 06/17/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2021-06-21 06/21/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
  • 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2021-07-08 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-07-16 07/16/2021 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c8f0307-e65d-4bc2-9bc5-c05e0334390c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).