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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 LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.) AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2019 HB 5259 Rhode Island HB 5259 (2019)
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Rhode Island HB 5259 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5259 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 692 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Caldwell — primary (person)
  • Craven — primary (person)
  • McEntee — primary (person)
  • O'Brien — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-31 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to House Labor introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-02-01 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2019)
  • 2019-02-06 02/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
  • 2019-06-12 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
  • 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 House voted to recommit to House Labor
  • 2019-06-21 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
  • 2019-06-21 06/21/2019 Proposed Substitute
  • 2019-06-24 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-24 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
  • 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
  • 2019-06-27 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2019-07-03 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-07-08 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d0edabf-9c6d-466a-92f0-a50a95855020. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).