---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
description: "Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5451"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5451 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Read"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e9e095-9bea-4246-927a-6cdf88510d1f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e32f545cc29bd9347e510d0d86c7289b63a93265d2d19688b117921d5a0d2ecf"
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 5451 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports, establishes public reporting compliance.

## Version chain

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

1. **5451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5451.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Read — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2025)
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/68e9e095-9bea-4246-927a-6cdf88510d1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).