---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Allows URI board of trustees to make small procurements up to $50,000 for construction/$10,000 for all other purchases with annual increases in the federal CPI.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Allows URI board of trustees to make small procurements up to $50,000 for construction/$10,000 for all other purchases with annual increases in the federal CPI.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8123"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8123 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Carson", "Craven", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-08"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/add5181b-cbba-4b79-ad60-4227e24dae29"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5966511b7f2b3569b2de4bf992790f18154c3c8367ec3cf6f8c7163d736f1e59"
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 8123 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Allows URI board of trustees to make small procurements up to $50,000 for construction/$10,000 for all other purchases with annual increases in the federal CPI.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8123.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2022)
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/add5181b-cbba-4b79-ad60-4227e24dae29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).