---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE ARCHIVES (Clearly defines permanent state records to be retained/ requires preparation of disaster preparedness plan/ allows access to superior court for injunctions/ restraining orders for violations of public records laws.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE ARCHIVES (Clearly defines permanent state records to be retained/ requires preparation of disaster preparedness plan/ allows access to superior court for injunctions/ restraining orders for violations of public records laws.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7819"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7819 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/759c88bb-51e8-480d-8c4b-5d2301e69179"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1f292ab2958cc3b5394cb242c5433de5934a79637fda439830b77ae1e7852781"
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 7819 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE ARCHIVES (Clearly defines permanent state records to be retained/ requires preparation of disaster preparedness plan/ allows access to superior court for injunctions/ restraining orders for violations of public records laws.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7819.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2022)
- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2022)
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/759c88bb-51e8-480d-8c4b-5d2301e69179`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).