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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 253"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 253 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Gallo", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Miller"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1293e00-2e7f-4582-99b4-e0d85a996bb7"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "fab037de3fdf598272ae25ddd0296e511b412959c873fb653a87ab5e712aa401"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **253 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0253A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Goldin — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
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- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
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- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
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- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
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- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House Committee on Small Business `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2019)
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- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
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- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2019)
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- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1293e00-2e7f-4582-99b4-e0d85a996bb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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