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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE (Adds the requirement that in DCYF cases resulting in a fatality or near fatality of a child, one of the requirements for the office of the child advocate to investigate the case would be the child or the child's family had prior contact with the DCYF.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE (Adds the requirement that in DCYF cases resulting in a fatality or near fatality of a child, one of the requirements for the office of the child advocate to investigate the case would be the child or the child's family had prior contact with the DCYF.)"
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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 5430"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5430 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children and Families"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Lyle", "Serpa"]
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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: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ffd9cd4-d897-4447-a5bc-df9a53a9be90"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "d1af05bde562b663cbb437b02156531cb7f8e90c651ee626d1f61942c2a9f75b"
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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 5430 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - CHILD ADVOCATE OFFICE (Adds the requirement that in DCYF cases resulting in a fatality or near fatality of a child, one of the requirements for the office of the child advocate to investigate the case would be the child or the child's family had prior contact with the DCYF.)
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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. **5430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5430.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **68–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ackerman — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Fellela — primary (person)
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- Lyle — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2019)
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- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2019)
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- **2019-03-27** 03/27/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/02/2019)
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- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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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 in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
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- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/3ffd9cd4-d897-4447-a5bc-df9a53a9be90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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