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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Exempts volunteer fire companies under the supervision/control/or jurisdiction of another public body from certain posting requirements of the open meetings act, unless any discussions during a meeting relate to the finances of the volunteer fire company.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Exempts volunteer fire companies under the supervision/control/or jurisdiction of another public body from certain posting requirements of the open meetings act, unless any discussions during a meeting relate to the finances of the volunteer fire company.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6433"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6433 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Open Meetings", "Police & Fire", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardillo", "Casey", "Hawkins", "Marszalkowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-16"
last_action: "2021-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3878109d-35a8-4eb7-9b9a-0564f376ae18"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d6839b9b4829b64fdbab95991f9fc93bf7acdc757e608dd3b8a8929a60984d60"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island HB 6433 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Exempts volunteer fire companies under the supervision/control/or jurisdiction of another public body from certain posting requirements of the open meetings act, unless any discussions during a meeting relate to the finances of the volunteer fire company.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6433.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **641** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-10** 07/10/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3878109d-35a8-4eb7-9b9a-0564f376ae18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).