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IntroducedJan 16, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 05, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Rhode Island House Bill
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (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.)
Last Action See all actions
House • May 05, 2026: 05/05/2026 House read and passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 7154
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 68
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Blazejewski
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Fascia
- Felix
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Paplauskas
- Phillips
- Potter
- Read
- Sanchez
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Voas
Actions
- May 05, 2026 | House
- 05/05/2026 House read and passed
- May 01, 2026 | House
- 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
- Apr 30, 2026 | House
- 04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage
- Apr 24, 2026 | House
- 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2026)
- Mar 31, 2026 | House
- 03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Mar 27, 2026 | House
- 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
Bill Texts
Documents
- 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
- 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2026)
- 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026)
- House State Government and Elections: 03-31-2026--H7154--Chrisanne_Wyrzykowski (RI Judiciary)--SGEPDF
- House State Government and Elections: 03-31-2026--H7154--Steven_Brown (ACLU)--SGEPDF



