---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as \"Juneteenth National Freedom Day\".)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as \"Juneteenth National Freedom Day\".)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5380"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5380 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays", "State Affairs", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Biah", "Boylan", "Cruz", "Felix", "Henries", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8b41e03-e1c4-463e-99b7-7e8ce0e6347e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2565990e9a0cee7c9e7533a9aa84021e7d827f4ec0129a389c4863df20772762"
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 5380 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day".)

## Version chain

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

1. **5380 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5380A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2023)
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/b8b41e03-e1c4-463e-99b7-7e8ce0e6347e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).