---
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).