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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- THE FREEDOM TO READ ACT"
+description: "Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5726"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5726 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cotter", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Kislak", "Morales", "Speakman", "Stewart"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db95c61-40b0-4ffc-b657-3688444e67e5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "635ad848722ed700440c369913e6dff3f5f806dca3aa3c3f0b7f83acfcf10469"
+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 5726 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- THE FREEDOM TO READ ACT
+
+Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5726 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5726A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–11** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **11–62** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **11–63** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Stewart — 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`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/6db95c61-40b0-4ffc-b657-3688444e67e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+