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legislation/us/states/ri/2022/sb-2114.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Allows local boards of canvassers discretion to substitute the physical posting in each voting district of senatorial, representative district meetings/voting district meetings for the purposes of election/publication in a newspaper local circulation.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Allows local boards of canvassers discretion to substitute the physical posting in each voting district of senatorial, representative district meetings/voting district meetings for the purposes of election/publication in a newspaper local circulation.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2114"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2114 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "F Lombardi", "Felag", "Lawson", "Lombardo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-25"
+last_action: "2022-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed035d55-f08a-42c6-ada4-685dda48224a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "898dfa508da8a24a0adcf60eb31d9cdab0770f62d649392ea504c2b0c041f8ff"
+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 2114 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Allows local boards of canvassers discretion to substitute the physical posting in each voting district of senatorial, representative district meetings/voting district meetings for the purposes of election/publication in a newspaper local circulation.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2114.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- F Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2022)
+- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2022)
+- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed035d55-f08a-42c6-ada4-685dda48224a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+