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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Requires the RI department of human services to develop a plan to streamline the application, certification and recertification process for SNAP beneficiaries aged sixty years and over.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Requires the RI department of human services to develop a plan to streamline the application, certification and recertification process for SNAP beneficiaries aged sixty years and over.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2317"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2317 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Lawson", "Miller", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/688e921c-724c-4c43-8fe5-57997ee0a135"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "87e00af57568706d3a2ee921a58af9f19bd98bed10fa1c3992c0622856e92967"
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 2317 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (Requires the RI department of human services to develop a plan to streamline the application, certification and recertification process for SNAP beneficiaries aged sixty years and over.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2317.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **680** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2022)
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/688e921c-724c-4c43-8fe5-57997ee0a135`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).