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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of \"public body\" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of \"public body\" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 327"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 327 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Budget", "Cities & Towns"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-13"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/299e91e1-08f3-4c8f-a296-8705b5a78a6d"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "7853aff9995283a88e45af4abf20bc890feba95fd87a80a9755d49cb1a321aa2"
+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 SB 327 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of "public body" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0327.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed 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/299e91e1-08f3-4c8f-a296-8705b5a78a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+