---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided records management system.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided records management system.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 59 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Computer Technology", "Fees", "Police & Fire", "State Affairs", "State Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Ruggerio", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22be351-9434-48cc-b0cb-27bdfbee0605"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dff439449069743ad431dbac4ec740cffdca4cb86663ee68cee5c5b05eec1542"
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 59 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATEWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Establishes a statewide public safety computer aided records management system.)

## Version chain

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

1. **59 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0059A.pdf)

## Votes

- MANAGEMENT SYSTEM — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2021)
- **2021-03-01** 03/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/c22be351-9434-48cc-b0cb-27bdfbee0605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).