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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5769"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5769 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Economic Development", "Financial Institutions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Maldonado", "Mendez", "Morin", "O'Brien"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a7567d4-5480-4b05-9ac5-2ee177fcb4ef"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "907c20832cc61ef1f20b0034193aa7e2979891aa7ac226bb236284663186baad"
+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 5769 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5769 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5769aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **63–6** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Maldonado — primary (person)
+- Mendez — primary (person)
+- Morin — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2019)
+- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2019)
+- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/23/2019)
+- **2019-04-23** 04/23/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/5a7567d4-5480-4b05-9ac5-2ee177fcb4ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+