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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 5887"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5887 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COVID-19", "Computer Technology", "Higher Education", "Open Meetings", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "C Lima", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Craven", "Fogarty", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2021-06-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9a93c8a-3aba-43d7-8192-336c7d349eff"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "fcf0a93bc681a73b3899d89440e9d78d4ebb73876a80b027ddf7a9a7381ca83c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5887 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS (Permits URI Board of Trustees to attend open public board meetings remotely.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5887.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amore — primary (person)
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- C Lima — primary (person)
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Kennedy — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
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- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2021)
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- **2021-05-17** 05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2021)
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- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
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- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/08/2021)
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- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9a93c8a-3aba-43d7-8192-336c7d349eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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