---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Prohibits agencies of municipalities and the state from releasing information as to the residency of municipal or state police officers regarding public records requests.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Prohibits agencies of municipalities and the state from releasing information as to the residency of municipal or state police officers regarding public records requests.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 671"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 671 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire", "Public Records", "State Affairs", "State Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "F Lombardi", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ac28b6e-4d6f-4141-9b42-7ea8681ccbf7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "02727cb415b7fe070318f9a2d37bd01ded45b74ec1870fe22783eb5b45c6ec12"
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 671 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Prohibits agencies of municipalities and the state from releasing information as to the residency of municipal or state police officers regarding public records requests.)

## Version chain

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

1. **671 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0671A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2021)
- **2021-05-10** 05/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 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/4ac28b6e-4d6f-4141-9b42-7ea8681ccbf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).