republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/sb-253.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	SB 253	Rhode Island SB 253 (2019)	bill	Business & Professions	enacted	Cano Gallo Goldin Goodwin Miller	1	17	2	2019-02-13	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/e1293e00-2e7f-4582-99b4-e0d85a996bb7	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	fab037de3fdf598272ae25ddd0296e511b412959c873fb653a87ab5e712aa401	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 253 (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. 253 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 67–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cano — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Goldin — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-04-26 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
• 2019-04-30 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-05-24 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
• 2019-05-24 05/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
• 2019-05-28 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-29 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
• 2019-06-04 06/04/2019 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2019-06-05 06/05/2019 Referred to House Committee on Small Business referral-committee
• 2019-06-10 06/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2019)
• 2019-06-12 06/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
• 2019-06-19 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2019)
• 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 House passed Sub A 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/e1293e00-2e7f-4582-99b4-e0d85a996bb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).