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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the forty-eight (48) hour public notice requirement, and requires all public bodies to keep minutes of open meetings and file their minutes with the secretary of state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the forty-eight (48) hour public notice requirement, and requires all public bodies to keep minutes of open meetings and file their minutes with the secretary of state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6323"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6323 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Cunha", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-09"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ab6efd1-4307-4509-9ab1-df6573fe15d7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d78c502ea21ef8420d21f9e60856fbc26c15ea6b4c430b636fb4129f4ea69ef3"
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 6323 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the forty-eight (48) hour public notice requirement, and requires all public bodies to keep minutes of open meetings and file their minutes with the secretary of state.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6323.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **700** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Barros — primary (person)
- Cunha — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/6ab6efd1-4307-4509-9ab1-df6573fe15d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).