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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: "SB 712"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 712 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-03-21"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70798041-d9ab-48f8-9f10-3981d18b1b74"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "bbadeb4a864d921a90fe6b5ef9652180a5c4bc2ab78ffd782be5fd9def2cd0be"
+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 712 (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. **712 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0712A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2019)
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
+- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2019)
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House 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/70798041-d9ab-48f8-9f10-3981d18b1b74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+