---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 445 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Business & Professions", "Cultural", "Libraries", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "DiMario", "Gu", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Mack", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0f55ecc-6be5-4936-a92a-451ecf8a95b7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ab94776dc34e1b0c63d41d8de65a00d6d85c1b3905667c3a3173ff10658b72a2"
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 445 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)

## Version chain

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

1. **445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0445.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2023)
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/f0f55ecc-6be5-4936-a92a-451ecf8a95b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).