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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as \"Juneteenth National Freedom Day\".)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as \"Juneteenth National Freedom Day\".)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5380"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5380 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Holidays", "State Affairs", "State Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Biah", "Boylan", "Cruz", "Felix", "Henries", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Stewart"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-03"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8b41e03-e1c4-463e-99b7-7e8ce0e6347e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2565990e9a0cee7c9e7533a9aa84021e7d827f4ec0129a389c4863df20772762"
+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 5380 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day".)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5380 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5380A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2023)
+- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/b8b41e03-e1c4-463e-99b7-7e8ce0e6347e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+