---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE REGISTER (Requires secretary of state to collect/publish governor's executive orders on website arranged by topic rather than in numerical/chronological order.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE REGISTER (Requires secretary of state to collect/publish governor's executive orders on website arranged by topic rather than in numerical/chronological order.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5291"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5291 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Filippi", "Lyle", "Nardone", "Price", "Quattrocchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fd83e75-67ae-4b0c-9c5d-2c3f9dd139a4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "73aa3f301970618116d691a7fed863dc92e1d490c6f226f3beaf9195c6816ee8"
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 5291 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE REGISTER (Requires secretary of state to collect/publish governor's executive orders on website arranged by topic rather than in numerical/chronological order.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5291.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Filippi — primary (person)
- Lyle — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Quattrocchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Committee transferred to House Special Legislation
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2019)
- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/5fd83e75-67ae-4b0c-9c5d-2c3f9dd139a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).