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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM--ADMINISTRATION"
+description: "Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5715"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5715 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fellela", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/115e60b4-ae7b-4a39-826f-924e915f57ac"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b0c0f3592aab6ab343c6cff85fd7b68e6f2cd402eaac5d9b561b413ccc1553d6"
+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 5715 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT SYSTEM--ADMINISTRATION
+
+Requires the state retirement board to publish online all archived video or audio recordings and all future recordings of meetings of the board.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5715 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5715A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/22/2025)
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/115e60b4-ae7b-4a39-826f-924e915f57ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+