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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN -- EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN -- EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 5006"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5006 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Abortion", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Medical", "State Affairs", "State Employees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Blazejewski", "Carson", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-06"
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last_action: "2023-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fec38d5-8361-49d9-96c3-1b406ec03b70"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "24d6fe7342f3c60d853fce8543f68e9850be38f68bbbb79387df6aecd68d3c69"
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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 5006 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN -- EQUALITY IN ABORTION COVERAGE (Provides for abortion coverage in the Medicaid program and repeal the abortion coverage exclusion for state employee insurance plans.)
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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. **5006** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5006.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **49–24** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Blazejewski — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Felix — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Knight — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-06** 01/06/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2023)
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- **2023-03-06** 03/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/27/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 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/5fec38d5-8361-49d9-96c3-1b406ec03b70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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