---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- 38 STUDIOS, LLC (Provides for the release of certain records pertaining to the investigation of 38 Studios, LLC.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- 38 STUDIOS, LLC (Provides for the release of certain records pertaining to the investigation of 38 Studios, LLC.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 932"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 932 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-31"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a8f2a0b-03bb-4084-bdc2-8090034a37ed"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9e4a2d3634e20373eaa70db1c972f56194708812ce84d37bd0162df976cd62b0"
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 932 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- 38 STUDIOS, LLC (Provides for the release of certain records pertaining to the investigation of 38 Studios, LLC.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **932 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0932A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- 38 — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/8a8f2a0b-03bb-4084-bdc2-8090034a37ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).