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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates no new initial licenses for nursing facilities to be issued prior to July 1, 2022. Prior to July 1, 2022, licensing agency not allowed to increase licensed bed capacity.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates no new initial licenses for nursing facilities to be issued prior to July 1, 2022. Prior to July 1, 2022, licensing agency not allowed to increase licensed bed capacity.)"
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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 5580"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5580 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lima", "Serpa", "Shekarchi", "Ucci", "Williams"]
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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: "2019-02-27"
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last_action: "2019-07-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ddf214-f97b-4288-990c-3b7bf190bf5a"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "fbfdc3c44e81d969d5fafb92ffddc30a9c73205aec09bf66412566952d40b0b7"
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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 5580 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates no new initial licenses for nursing facilities to be issued prior to July 1, 2022. Prior to July 1, 2022, licensing agency not allowed to increase licensed bed capacity.)
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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. **5580** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5580.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **62–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lima — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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- Shekarchi — primary (person)
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- Ucci — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2019)
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- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
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- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2019)
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- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
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- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent 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/d6ddf214-f97b-4288-990c-3b7bf190bf5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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