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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHIELD BILL"
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description: "Creates a protective legal shield for healthcare providers, precluding any civil/criminal action by other states/persons against healthcare providers involving persons seeking access to transgender and reproductive healthcare services provided in RI."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7577"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7577 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Craven", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Felix", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Knight", "McEntee", "McNamara"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-02-09"
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last_action: "2024-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc8cc0b6-6e85-4111-8999-79e5be5256c7"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "7c07ee738c61c4cae34f015dde29770755ea36262e4b8da750090f0b220a3bdc"
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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 7577 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SHIELD BILL
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Creates a protective legal shield for healthcare providers, precluding any civil/criminal action by other states/persons against healthcare providers involving persons seeking access to transgender and reproductive healthcare services provided in RI.
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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. **7577 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7577A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **50–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Felix — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Knight — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
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- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/cc8cc0b6-6e85-4111-8999-79e5be5256c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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