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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members and members of historic district commissions.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members and members of historic district commissions.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2649"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2649 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Lawson", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-10"
+last_action: "2022-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a84fc84-d22a-458f-a7ce-12759eb727fe"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6b984a951a2a0a37728e63a17147d63ffa529977ba7cb442bf4f485ff4c01c4a"
+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 2649 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- LOCAL PLANNING BOARD OR COMMISSION (Requires initial, biennial, and continuing education in land use law and planning for local planning and zoning board members and members of historic district commissions.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2649 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2649A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- COMMISSION — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
+- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Meeting postponed (05/31/2022)
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-12** 06/12/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2022)
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-25** 06/25/2022 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/1a84fc84-d22a-458f-a7ce-12759eb727fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+