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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5615"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5615 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cultural", "Libraries", "State Affairs", "State Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Batista", "Cruz", "Felix", "Henries", "Hull", "Morales", "Sanchez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef5a9440-8c00-473e-8d35-8a061a9a0682"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8d839b8c16138eeede00756ec6a4967e8b52607fcbe695dc2770b74b2ec0b367"
+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 5615 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5615.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Sanchez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2023-03-13** 03/13/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/14/2023)
+- **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`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/ef5a9440-8c00-473e-8d35-8a061a9a0682`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+