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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- THE FREEDOM TO READ ACT"
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description: "Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 238"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 238 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Gu", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Mack", "McKenney"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-13"
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last_action: "2025-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a90ea1f5-433d-44d1-a81b-87539ec23bf8"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a6150101424ffe9f1f147ca62eaaf499a64445775271bfa43bfc5e6f545a0258"
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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 238 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- THE FREEDOM TO READ ACT
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Promotes free expression and access of information by prohibiting the censorship of library materials.
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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. **238 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0238B.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **31–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **30–4** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **60–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Gu — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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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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- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2025)
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- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
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- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Meeting postponed (04/30/2025)
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- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Meeting postponed (04/30/2025)
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- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2025)
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- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub B `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/a90ea1f5-433d-44d1-a81b-87539ec23bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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