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RI HB 7676

died on adjournment

AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did RI HB 7676 pass?

No. RI HB 7676 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 (2026-06-05): 06/05/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary

What is RI HB 7676 about?

Allows advisory bodies to participate in a public meeting using videoconferencing, subject to certain requirements.

Who sponsors RI HB 7676?

Cotter, Spears, Carson and 5 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 7676.

Description

Allows advisory bodies to participate in a public meeting using videoconferencing, subject to certain requirements.

Introduced
2026-02-11
Latest action
2026-06-05 — 06/05/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cotterprimary
  • Spearsprimary
  • Carsonprimary
  • Cortvriendprimary
  • Shallcross Smithprimary
  • Ajelloprimary
  • Tanziprimary
  • Speakmanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-05

    06/05/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-05-05

    05/05/2026 House read and passed

    passage

  3. 2026-05-01

    05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)

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  4. 2026-04-30

    04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-04-24

    04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2026)

  6. 2026-03-31

    03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

  7. 2026-03-27

    03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)

  8. 2026-02-11

    02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-05-05 · pass · 59-12

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: no
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: other
    • Blazejewski: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: yes
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: no
    • Cortvriend: yes
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: no
    • Craven: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: no
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: yes
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: no
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: other
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: no
    • Newberry: no
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: no
    • 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

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