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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE LIBRARY"
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description: "Modernizes all state library laws by eliminating the clearinghouse advisory committee, updating how the clearinghouse publishes its list of publications, reducing the number of physical copies and facilitating digital publication."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2742"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2742 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McKenney"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-08"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/457184db-cd08-4ad7-b262-7d5f696e58cf"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "82b5d349ce50da4d505a1764bda6c6074fa609b79e240d18bf23f7156ee84316"
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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 2742 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE LIBRARY
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Modernizes all state library laws by eliminating the clearinghouse advisory committee, updating how the clearinghouse publishes its list of publications, reducing the number of physical copies and facilitating digital publication.
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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. **2742** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2742.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–10** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2024)
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- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
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- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/457184db-cd08-4ad7-b262-7d5f696e58cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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