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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS -- REMOTE PARTICIPANTS (Allows University of Rhode Island trustee members to remotely participate in meetings, without excuse, and to have them considered as the meeting quorum.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS -- REMOTE PARTICIPANTS (Allows University of Rhode Island trustee members to remotely participate in meetings, without excuse, and to have them considered as the meeting quorum.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2372"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2372 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Picard", "Raptakis", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-15"
+last_action: "2022-03-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33627141-349f-45e9-a99d-036042313d31"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "52da6b70210ad21bf892f083576ad2140dcb3a38b97845604d3e1bf5096549c3"
+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 2372 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS -- REMOTE PARTICIPANTS (Allows University of Rhode Island trustee members to remotely participate in meetings, without excuse, and to have them considered as the meeting quorum.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2372.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- - REMOTE PARTICIPANTS — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- F Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-25** 02/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2022)
+- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/08/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2022)
+- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Placed on House Calendar (03/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-22** 03/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-28** 03/28/2022 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/33627141-349f-45e9-a99d-036042313d31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+