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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes evaluations or other personnel records of public school employees from being deemed public records.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes evaluations or other personnel records of public school employees from being deemed public records.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2308"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2308 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ff782bb-62ff-433b-b485-0074e0c240bd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "86446c6de3006c3c021bba03e4e21f4de629a8c2cc422351fea8fecb4c75adec"
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 2308 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Excludes evaluations or other personnel records of public school employees from being deemed public records.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2308 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2308A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **636** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Picard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2018)
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/9ff782bb-62ff-433b-b485-0074e0c240bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).