---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5887"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5887 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "Computer Technology", "Higher Education", "Open Meetings", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "C Lima", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Craven", "Fogarty", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9a93c8a-3aba-43d7-8192-336c7d349eff"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fcf0a93bc681a73b3899d89440e9d78d4ebb73876a80b027ddf7a9a7381ca83c"
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 5887 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5887.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- C Lima — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2021)
- **2021-05-17** 05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 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/b9a93c8a-3aba-43d7-8192-336c7d349eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).