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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 | SB 238 | Rhode Island SB 238 (2025) |
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Rhode Island SB 238 (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.
- 238 SUB B (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passage — 31–5 (pass) · upper
- Passage — 30–4 (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — 60–11 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-13 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-03-07 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2025)
- 2025-03-12 03/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2025-04-18 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- 2025-04-21 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- 2025-04-25 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- 2025-04-30 04/30/2025 Meeting postponed (04/30/2025)
- 2025-04-29 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute
substitution - 2025-04-30 04/30/2025 Meeting postponed (04/30/2025)
- 2025-05-02 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2025)
- 2025-05-06 05/06/2025 Proposed Substitute
substitution - 2025-05-07 05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-05-07 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025)
reading-3 - 2025-05-13 05/13/2025 Senate passed Sub A
passage - 2025-05-14 05/14/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections
referral-committee - 2025-06-14 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- 2025-06-14 06/14/2025 Proposed Substitute
substitution - 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub B
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025)
reading-3 - 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 House passed Sub B
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 B 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/a90ea1f5-433d-44d1-a81b-87539ec23bf8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).