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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RIGHT TO CONSUMER ACCESS TO POWERED WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2025 HB 5017 Rhode Island HB 5017 (2025)
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Rhode Island HB 5017 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- RIGHT TO CONSUMER ACCESS TO POWERED WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS

Requires manufacturers of assisting technology devices to make available to independent repair providers/the owner of the device, any documentation/parts, software/other items intended for use with the equipment/parts, including updates to software.

Version chain

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

  1. 5017 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 720 (pass) · lower
  • IN CONCURRENCE — 730 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ajello — primary (person)
  • Bennett — primary (person)
  • Diaz — primary (person)
  • Edwards — primary (person)
  • Fogarty — primary (person)
  • Giraldo — primary (person)
  • Kislak — primary (person)
  • Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-10 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-07 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2025-02-10 02/10/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/11/2025)
  • 2025-02-21 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
  • 2025-02-25 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-03-07 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
  • 2025-03-13 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-14 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/18/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-03-18 03/18/2025 House read and passed passage
  • 2025-03-21 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce referral-committee
  • 2025-06-14 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
  • 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2025-06-17 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-20 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2025-06-20 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-20 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2025-06-23 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-06-26 06/26/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18616b1a-6311-4f9f-b9cb-d21ab76eccb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).