---
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: "HB 8124"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8124 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Carson", "Craven", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-08"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e5a17c-29ed-46bc-922e-5d28fc7e789a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3a29eb4a2ab6b9d8b4616dff0d0555fbae81d65b2bb07d91473d3af155b3df2d"
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 8124 (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. **8124 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8124A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (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`
- **2022-06-15** 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/94e5a17c-29ed-46bc-922e-5d28fc7e789a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).