---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of \"public body\" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of \"public body\" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 327 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/299e91e1-08f3-4c8f-a296-8705b5a78a6d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7853aff9995283a88e45af4abf20bc890feba95fd87a80a9755d49cb1a321aa2"
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 327 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of "public body" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)

## Version chain

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

1. **327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0327.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/299e91e1-08f3-4c8f-a296-8705b5a78a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).