republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5769.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)	AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	HB 5769	Rhode Island HB 5769 (2019)	bill	Business & Professions Economic Development Financial Institutions	enacted	Blazejewski Maldonado Mendez Morin O'Brien	1	14	2	2019-02-27	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/5a7567d4-5480-4b05-9ac5-2ee177fcb4ef	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	907c20832cc61ef1f20b0034193aa7e2979891aa7ac226bb236284663186baad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5769 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LOCAL OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY ACT (Creates a process that provides affected employees an opportunity to purchase the business that employs them, but is in danger of being sold or going out of business.)

Version chain

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

1. 5769 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 63–6 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blazejewski — primary (person)
• Maldonado — primary (person)
• Mendez — primary (person)
• Morin — primary (person)
• O'Brien — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-27 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Small Business introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-01 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2019)
• 2019-03-05 03/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-03-29 03/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2019)
• 2019-04-02 04/02/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 04/05/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/23/2019)
• 2019-04-23 04/23/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2019-04-30 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce referral-committee
• 2019-05-31 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
• 2019-06-04 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-21 06/21/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
• 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a7567d4-5480-4b05-9ac5-2ee177fcb4ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).