---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- ORGANIZATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Requires the secretary of state to maintain and provide to the public, an online directory of government officials and a limited number of printed government directories and eliminate the legislative manual used by the secretary of state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- ORGANIZATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Requires the secretary of state to maintain and provide to the public, an online directory of government officials and a limited number of printed government directories and eliminate the legislative manual used by the secretary of state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 752"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 752 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "Ciccone", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "F. Lombardi", "Lawson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1daf5eb-fb8f-4fb5-b82f-9795e5c1ff23"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "399e2a847ea06f81afd68f32e2356fc6b4e59d82bbdb0043f7463398c05fdc68"
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 752 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- ORGANIZATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Requires the secretary of state to maintain and provide to the public, an online directory of government officials and a limited number of printed government directories and eliminate the legislative manual used by the secretary of state.)

## Version chain

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

1. **752 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0752A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 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)
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/d1daf5eb-fb8f-4fb5-b82f-9795e5c1ff23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).