---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXTENDING POWER CONFERRED UPON THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (E) OF TITLE 30, CHAPTER 15, SECTION 9 OF THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS"
description: "CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXTENDING POWER CONFERRED UPON THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (E) OF TITLE 30, CHAPTER 15, SECTION 9 OF THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SCR 2154"
citation: "Rhode Island SCR 2154 (2022)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-02-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d5af5bb-428f-4c21-8e64-48008c5614c6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a1925103c4f929a92c620942312ae62f243b5b347b3a4f124cd8de03fb16b0f8"
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 SCR 2154 (2022) — CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXTENDING POWER CONFERRED UPON THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (E) OF TITLE 30, CHAPTER 15, SECTION 9 OF THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS

## Version chain

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

1. **2154 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2154A.pdf)

## Votes

- UPON THE GOVERNOR — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **48–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** 01/28/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** 01/28/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2022)
- **2022-02-01** 02/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-02-01** 02/01/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-02-03** 02/03/2022 Meeting postponed (02/03/2022)
- **2022-02-03** 02/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (02/08/2022)
- **2022-02-07** 02/07/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/10/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** 02/10/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-02-10** 02/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (02/10/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** 02/10/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 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/4d5af5bb-428f-4c21-8e64-48008c5614c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).