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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY ACT"
description: "Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5083"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5083 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Caldwell", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Messier", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9691b0cb-beb8-4af7-9992-257867cdbc8b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "80e580d434caacf09e33aac6b8860f593972776281996a24ad7c9c1d2e644cb0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island HB 5083 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY ACT
Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5083 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5083A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **700** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/06/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9691b0cb-beb8-4af7-9992-257867cdbc8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).