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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Prohibits agencies of municipalities and the state from releasing information as to the residency of municipal or state police officers regarding public records requests.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Prohibits agencies of municipalities and the state from releasing information as to the residency of municipal or state police officers regarding public records requests.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 671"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 671 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire", "Public Records", "State Affairs", "State Police"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "F Lombardi", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-18"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ac28b6e-4d6f-4141-9b42-7ea8681ccbf7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "02727cb415b7fe070318f9a2d37bd01ded45b74ec1870fe22783eb5b45c6ec12"
+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 671 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Prohibits agencies of municipalities and the state from releasing information as to the residency of municipal or state police officers regarding public records requests.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **671 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0671A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- F Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2021)
+- **2021-05-10** 05/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
+- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 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/4ac28b6e-4d6f-4141-9b42-7ea8681ccbf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+