---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5769"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5769 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Economic Development", "Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Maldonado", "Mendez", "Morin", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a7567d4-5480-4b05-9ac5-2ee177fcb4ef"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "907c20832cc61ef1f20b0034193aa7e2979891aa7ac226bb236284663186baad"
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 5769 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5769 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5769aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Mendez — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Small Business `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2019)
- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/23/2019)
- **2019-04-23** 04/23/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/5a7567d4-5480-4b05-9ac5-2ee177fcb4ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).