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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as \"Juneteenth National Freedom Day\".)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as \"Juneteenth National Freedom Day\".)"
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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: "SB 444"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 444 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Holidays", "Labor", "Miscellaneous", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bell", "Britto", "Burke", "Euer", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "Murray", "Quezada"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2744b3d-7794-4127-a985-40982c1f406b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "386a381311a6757a18ff07c13ee862939810a5403778864934f237af5c960d15"
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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 444 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- HOLIDAYS (Establishes June 19th as a state holiday, to be known as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day".)
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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. **444 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0444A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
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- In Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Bell — primary (person)
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Gu — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2023)
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- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2023)
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- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
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- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/c2744b3d-7794-4127-a985-40982c1f406b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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