---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS \"THE RHODE ISLAND SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL (RI 250TH) COMMISSION\""
description: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS \"THE RHODE ISLAND SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL (RI 250TH) COMMISSION\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SR 810"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 810 (2021)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "General Assembly", "Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-08"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ceabb4e-ba7c-46f4-a8ea-74d245224834"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "14a0df6740dd34d62e700f4777a0b6bcdc6fa35e67b32a6bcbb2532bb5717be0"
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 SR 810 (2021) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS "THE RHODE ISLAND SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL (RI 250TH) COMMISSION"

## Version chain

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

1. **810** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0810.pdf)

## Votes

- COMMISSION" — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 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/6ceabb4e-ba7c-46f4-a8ea-74d245224834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).