---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE -- SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Provides that the public schools shall be responsible for attendance data monitoring and detection of emergent truant behavior.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE -- SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Provides that the public schools shall be responsible for attendance data monitoring and detection of emergent truant behavior.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2281"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2281 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "Euer", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f4bcb25-ade8-406f-8044-f7bb0b06c0c6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "95140b286732608c62b95f87275df35f43fd94305d6038e551eabcdb2e6fa152"
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 2281 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE -- SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Provides that the public schools shall be responsible for attendance data monitoring and detection of emergent truant behavior.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2281.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 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 Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/17/2022)
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/4f4bcb25-ade8-406f-8044-f7bb0b06c0c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).