republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5098.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers and work products involving research at state institutions of higher learning from the definition of a public record.)	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers and work products involving research at state institutions of higher learning from the definition of a public record.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5098	Rhode Island HB 5098 (2017)	bill	Public Records Education	enacted	Craven McEntee McKiernan O'Brien Ruggiero	1	16	1	2017-01-12	2017-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/4056bc09-2415-486b-b105-8b01f73d1227	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	0c66ae7c2768d8334370665fa5234b752f35aa16b9dbd4659f83ebd9d7c70884	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5098 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers and work products involving research at state institutions of higher learning from the definition of a public record.)

Version chain

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

1. 5098 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 59–8 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Craven — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• McKiernan — primary (person)
• O'Brien — primary (person)
• Ruggiero — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 01/12/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-01-13 01/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2017)
• 2017-01-18 01/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-01-20 01/20/2017 Scheduled for consideration (01/24/2017)
• 2017-01-24 01/24/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-01-27 01/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (01/31/2017)
• 2017-01-31 01/31/2017 House read and passed passage
• 2017-02-02 02/02/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
• 2017-02-14 02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2017)
• 2017-06-08 06/08/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4056bc09-2415-486b-b105-8b01f73d1227. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).