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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS"
description: "Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5611"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5611 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Chippendale", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "Hopkins", "Kazarian", "Morales", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe858114-1f0d-449e-ac2d-ecce0122f231"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dabf2b34da708c6dbdf996c9dec272ae8c48768838c3c750e697e03f420b3999"
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 5611 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Requires the installation of universal changing stations in all newly constructed, reconstructed, or remodeled public buildings and places of public accommodation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5611.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **660** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** 03/03/2025 Committee transferred to House State Government & Elections
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/fe858114-1f0d-449e-ac2d-ecce0122f231`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).