---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Allows school committees and the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators (\"RISTE\") to enter into joint purchase agreements for the purchase of technology and IT infrastructure.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Allows school committees and the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators (\"RISTE\") to enter into joint purchase agreements for the purchase of technology and IT infrastructure.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2009"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2009 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Committees", "Computer Technology", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Pearson", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/185665c6-b0c8-4869-b394-39d7bb2b4e69"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0094ef3f180a6c05644c7b0f16718eaeb8f2fae22f555afe4cd80e294776bfe4"
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 2009 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Allows school committees and the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators ("RISTE") to enter into joint purchase agreements for the purchase of technology and IT infrastructure.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2009 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2009A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/185665c6-b0c8-4869-b394-39d7bb2b4e69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).