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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2864"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2864 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Open Meetings", "Police & Fire"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-06-12"
+last_action: "2020-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf713f07-aa62-4f3b-9c06-7855d408c79a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "96372ed3cc1e4b2e5bd8d7d8ac7da44aa5c3c18c7ab1590160e057ddfdde22a3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 2864 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2864** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2864.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-12** 06/12/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-12** 06/12/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2020)
+- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-24** 06/24/2020 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf713f07-aa62-4f3b-9c06-7855d408c79a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+