Digital Tools and Publications


Access to digitized and electronic documents published by State agencies.

Public Laws, acts & resolves

Public Laws, Acts & Resolves

The State Library holds the Rhode Island Public Laws, Acts and Resolves in print from 1750 through the present. Digital access is available from 1981 to the present.

Executive Orders

Executive Orders

Executive Orders of the Governor are available from 1973 to the present. They are searchable by governor or keyword.

State Budget Books

State Budget Books

The State Library holds Rhode Island State Budget books in print from 1935 through the present. Digital access is available from 2001 to the present.

Fire Districts

Fire Districts

Search all fire district legislative charter acts from 1797 through the present.

Legislator Index

Legislator Index

Search an index of all state legislators between 1872 through 1989. The index is arranged alphabetically by last name. Entries include name, chamber, party affiliation, years served, and more.

Rhode Island Legislative Tracker

Rhode Island Legislative Tracker

This data exploration tool can explore the progress of an individual bill as well as broad trends, such as the number of bills introduced on a given subject. It is updated twice during the legislative session.