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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT (Establishes procedures for employees to file complaints with hospital or director of department of health, for assaultive behavior or other violation of law occurring on hospital grounds and require hospitals to institute safety training for employees.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT (Establishes procedures for employees to file complaints with hospital or director of department of health, for assaultive behavior or other violation of law occurring on hospital grounds and require hospitals to institute safety training for employees.)"
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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: "SB 55"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 55 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Health & Safety", "Hospitals", "Labor", "Victims of Crime"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Ruggerio"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-19"
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last_action: "2021-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/306a00ab-5198-45ea-bdc0-30141bbf4c35"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f14951e8b33169c6e6e42963fc724e14f0e1f09be87b5df201289389166e6e22"
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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 SB 55 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT (Establishes procedures for employees to file complaints with hospital or director of department of health, for assaultive behavior or other violation of law occurring on hospital grounds and require hospitals to institute safety training for employees.)
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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. **55 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0055A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PROTECTION ACT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
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- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2021)
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- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2021)
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- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2021)
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- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House 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/306a00ab-5198-45ea-bdc0-30141bbf4c35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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