---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS"
description: "Makes traffic accident data a public record, subject to federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7576"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7576 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter", "Serpa", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5af27015-2c9c-496a-8845-8cfb8a2bebfa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b3131092287bf61e4ba7f416e4c024a4c84e75c6933541592930c1e0e069aac1"
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 7576 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS

Makes traffic accident data a public record, subject to federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **7576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7576.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/5af27015-2c9c-496a-8845-8cfb8a2bebfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).