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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS"
+description: "Makes traffic accident data a public record, subject to federal law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2480"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2480 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "DiPalma", "Dimitri", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Mack", "Murray", "Raptakis", "Thompson", "Urso"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67548463-a025-48c5-807a-ab522ad7223d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "69416c6cf12323d6e8d35a912759df2c74b9ad49a40db8c73cf65033d903c626"
+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 2480 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS
+
+Makes traffic accident data a public record, subject to federal law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2480.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/67548463-a025-48c5-807a-ab522ad7223d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+