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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of \"public body\" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of \"public body\" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)"
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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 327"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 327 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Budget", "Cities & Towns"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/299e91e1-08f3-4c8f-a296-8705b5a78a6d"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "7853aff9995283a88e45af4abf20bc890feba95fd87a80a9755d49cb1a321aa2"
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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 327 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - OPEN MEETINGS (Amends the definition of "public body" to include the board of directors of any library which has funded at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its operational budget in the prior budget year with public funds.)
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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. **327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0327.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Goodwin — 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 Judiciary `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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- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
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- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
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- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/299e91e1-08f3-4c8f-a296-8705b5a78a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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