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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM (Allows a provisional employee in classified service, who has satisfactorily served in their position for more than five (5) consecutive years, to be deemed qualified to be awarded permanent status in that position, without the need of examination.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM (Allows a provisional employee in classified service, who has satisfactorily served in their position for more than five (5) consecutive years, to be deemed qualified to be awarded permanent status in that position, without the need of examination.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 5170"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5170 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Canario", "Corvese", "Phillips", "Ucci"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-23"
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last_action: "2019-07-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc2ae58-2474-448a-8bc4-3e88bbec04cc"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "dfb99d3dbc251b34918d51924e7cc08321caa3bd38c3e7a52aac767ecdd5340b"
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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 HB 5170 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - MERIT SYSTEM (Allows a provisional employee in classified service, who has satisfactorily served in their position for more than five (5) consecutive years, to be deemed qualified to be awarded permanent status in that position, without the need of examination.)
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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. **5170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5170.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **66–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Azzinaro — primary (person)
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- Canario — primary (person)
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- Corvese — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Ucci — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-23** 01/23/2019 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/31/2019)
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- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2019)
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- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2019)
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- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2019)
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- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/7bc2ae58-2474-448a-8bc4-3e88bbec04cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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