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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Expands the provisions requiring the reporting of immunization status and any other relevant information to adults, not just children, and requires the department of health to include routine adult immunization in the departments immunization program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Expands the provisions requiring the reporting of immunization status and any other relevant information to adults, not just children, and requires the department of health to include routine adult immunization in the departments immunization program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5541"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5541 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Health", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Jackson", "McNamara", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3648d825-5616-49b8-a0d6-df5121dba8b5"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b05040e0abe8355a1a26445c61c706d5a004b7e0033ccd6c01e36a1b2370161a"
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 5541 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Expands the provisions requiring the reporting of immunization status and any other relevant information to adults, not just children, and requires the department of health to include routine adult immunization in the departments immunization program.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5541 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5541Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **740** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **6111** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/3648d825-5616-49b8-a0d6-df5121dba8b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).