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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5259"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5259 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Craven", "McEntee", "O'Brien"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d0edabf-9c6d-466a-92f0-a50a95855020"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "81677579bac99894f140704c7d3c73ec8d523e7f4b6dbfccab85b14b3efd976a"
+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 5259 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5259 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5259A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to House Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2019)
+- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
+- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House voted to recommit to House Labor
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/0d0edabf-9c6d-466a-92f0-a50a95855020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+