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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 5615"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5615 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cultural", "Libraries", "State Affairs", "State Employees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Batista", "Cruz", "Felix", "Henries", "Hull", "Morales", "Sanchez"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-15"
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last_action: "2023-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef5a9440-8c00-473e-8d35-8a061a9a0682"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "8d839b8c16138eeede00756ec6a4967e8b52607fcbe695dc2770b74b2ec0b367"
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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 HB 5615 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARIES (Includes all books, periodicals and papers in the keeping of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society to be placed under the care of the state librarian.)
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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. **5615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5615.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Abney — primary (person)
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Batista — primary (person)
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- Cruz — primary (person)
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- Felix — primary (person)
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- Henries — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Morales — primary (person)
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- Sanchez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2023-03-13** 03/13/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/14/2023)
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- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2023)
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- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/ef5a9440-8c00-473e-8d35-8a061a9a0682`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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