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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided records management system.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided records management system.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 59"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 59 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Computer Technology", "Fees", "Police & Fire", "State Affairs", "State Police"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Ruggerio", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-19"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22be351-9434-48cc-b0cb-27bdfbee0605"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "dff439449069743ad431dbac4ec740cffdca4cb86663ee68cee5c5b05eec1542"
+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 59 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided records management system.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **59 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0059A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- MANAGEMENT SYSTEM — **33–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2021)
+- **2021-03-01** 03/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
+- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
+- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House 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/c22be351-9434-48cc-b0cb-27bdfbee0605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+