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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 715"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 715 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COVID-19", "Computer Technology", "Higher Education", "Open Meetings", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-26"
+last_action: "2021-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdc92e19-e326-41c7-941e-a51b88ac507c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b5e236783a109a11cf92e706cd96dd368284fc3272bf36c24fdbdd089e7824b9"
+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 715 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0715.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2021)
+- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2021)
+- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2021)
+- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2021)
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 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/bdc92e19-e326-41c7-941e-a51b88ac507c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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