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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Exempts the city or town of residence for city, town and state police officers from the definition of a public record and would prohibit the release of the same.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Exempts the city or town of residence for city, town and state police officers from the definition of a public record and would prohibit the release of the same.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5417"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5417 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Health & Safety", "Police & Fire", "Public Records", "State Police"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43e1be85-6490-4f31-900d-3dfbf33a6453"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "af6a510573f6c0094b8b03c2b4ac419942c7beba56d224826cca78f78e3fd7c8"
+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 5417 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Exempts the city or town of residence for city, town and state police officers from the definition of a public record and would prohibit the release of the same.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5417 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5417A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2021)
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/43e1be85-6490-4f31-900d-3dfbf33a6453`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+