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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Modifies appointment/removal process for URI board of trustees with all appointments by governor for 3 yr-terms with advice/consent of senate/URI president appoints faculty member/student to serve in non-voting/ex officio capacity.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Modifies appointment/removal process for URI board of trustees with all appointments by governor for 3 yr-terms with advice/consent of senate/URI president appoints faculty member/student to serve in non-voting/ex officio capacity.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 8124"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8124 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Carson", "Craven", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-04-08"
+last_action: "2022-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e5a17c-29ed-46bc-922e-5d28fc7e789a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3a29eb4a2ab6b9d8b4616dff0d0555fbae81d65b2bb07d91473d3af155b3df2d"
+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 HB 8124 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Modifies appointment/removal process for URI board of trustees with all appointments by governor for 3 yr-terms with advice/consent of senate/URI president appoints faculty member/student to serve in non-voting/ex officio capacity.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8124 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8124A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2022)
+- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2022)
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/94e5a17c-29ed-46bc-922e-5d28fc7e789a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+