---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Modifies appointment/removal process for URI board of trustees with all appointments by governor for 3 yr-terms with advice/consent of senate/URI president appoints faculty member/student to serve in non-voting/ex officio capacity.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Modifies appointment/removal process for URI board of trustees with all appointments by governor for 3 yr-terms with advice/consent of senate/URI president appoints faculty member/student to serve in non-voting/ex officio capacity.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2747"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2747 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-24"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fd45ef9-135a-4256-9caf-99b72594dba6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7b346db7eaa197239a4d92f08013d8c3677f3baa9c50117db9c319384facb247"
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 2747 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Modifies appointment/removal process for URI board of trustees with all appointments by governor for 3 yr-terms with advice/consent of senate/URI president appoints faculty member/student to serve in non-voting/ex officio capacity.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2747 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2747A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2022)
- **2022-04-06** 04/06/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2022)
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/3fd45ef9-135a-4256-9caf-99b72594dba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).