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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- THE FREEDOM TO READ ACT | Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2025 | HB 5726 | Rhode Island HB 5726 (2025) |
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Rhode Island HB 5726 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- THE FREEDOM TO READ ACT
Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 5726 SUB A (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 62–11 (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 11–62 (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 11–63 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Ajello — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-26 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-03-28 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
- 2025-04-03 04/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- 2025-06-11 06/11/2025 Proposed Substitute
substitution - 2025-06-12 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-13 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025)
reading-3 - 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A
passage - 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025)
reading-3 - 2025-06-20 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
passage - 2025-06-27 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-07-02 07/02/2025 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6db95c61-40b0-4ffc-b657-3688444e67e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).