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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.)"
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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 712"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 712 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-21"
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last_action: "2019-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70798041-d9ab-48f8-9f10-3981d18b1b74"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "bbadeb4a864d921a90fe6b5ef9652180a5c4bc2ab78ffd782be5fd9def2cd0be"
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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 712 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR - UNION REPRESENTATION (Clarifies the rights and options of government employees who decide not to join their employer's exclusive bargaining unit.)
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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. **712 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0712A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2019)
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- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Proposed Substitute
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- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
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- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
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- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2019)
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- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
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- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
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- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar
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- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
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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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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A 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/70798041-d9ab-48f8-9f10-3981d18b1b74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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