RI HB 7154
died on adjournmentAN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did RI HB 7154 pass?
No. RI HB 7154 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-05-22): 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
What is RI HB 7154 about?
Amends the definition of public record to exempt from public disclosure the city or town of residence of the justices, judges, and magistrates of the unified judicial system.
Who sponsors RI HB 7154?
Potter, Shanley, Corvese and 3 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 7154.
Description
Amends the definition of public record to exempt from public disclosure the city or town of residence of the justices, judges, and magistrates of the unified judicial system.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-16
- Latest action
- 2026-05-22 — 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Potterprimary
- Shanleyprimary
- Corveseprimary
- Kislakprimary
- Bennettprimary
- Edwardsprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-05-22
05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-05-05
05/05/2026 House read and passed
passage
2026-05-01
05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
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2026-04-30
04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-24
04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2026)
2026-03-31
03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure
2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
2026-01-16
01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
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Versions
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Documents
Votes
PASSAGE
2026-05-05 · pass · 68-4
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: yes
- Batista: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: other
- Blazejewski: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: yes
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: yes
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: yes
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: yes
- Perez: other
- Phillips: yes
- Place: no
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: no
- Read: yes
- Roberts: no
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: no
- Serpa: other
- ShallcrossSmith: yes
- Shanley: yes
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: yes
- Voas: yes
Related bills
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