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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates a patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of age/sex/gender identity/sexual orientation, race/color/marital status/familial status/disability/religion/national origin/source of income/source of payment or profession.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates a patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of age/sex/gender identity/sexual orientation, race/color/marital status/familial status/disability/religion/national origin/source of income/source of payment or profession.)"
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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 5428"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5428 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Human Services", "Medical"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Bennett", "Boylan", "Cruz", "Felix", "Handy", "Knight", "McGaw", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-08"
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last_action: "2023-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fad8b81-dece-414f-89f8-513a644f7569"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "4b0922a69b44d5b7c49f87eb95d8045f1b4357eb52e10a1627c8e440c884555a"
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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 5428 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Mandates a patient shall not be denied appropriate care on the basis of age/sex/gender identity/sexual orientation, race/color/marital status/familial status/disability/religion/national origin/source of income/source of payment or profession.)
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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. **5428 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5428aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Batista — primary (person)
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Cruz — primary (person)
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- Felix — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Knight — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2023)
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- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/1fad8b81-dece-414f-89f8-513a644f7569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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