---
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: "SB 2480"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2480 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "DiPalma", "Dimitri", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Mack", "Murray", "Raptakis", "Thompson", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67548463-a025-48c5-807a-ab522ad7223d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "69416c6cf12323d6e8d35a912759df2c74b9ad49a40db8c73cf65033d903c626"
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 2480 (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. **2480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2480.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House 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/67548463-a025-48c5-807a-ab522ad7223d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).