---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL"
description: "Amends the composition of the small business advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2841"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2841 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afdb7533-9264-4273-8197-d71d8d5f389a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3e0739049a043060c5ab3ae2ed15465c93ff3432f649b9bb8bc34a44925ec403"
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 2841 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL

Amends the composition of the small business advisory council.

## Version chain

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

1. **2841 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2841A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2024)
- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/afdb7533-9264-4273-8197-d71d8d5f389a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).