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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL"
description: "Eliminates one of two (2) conflicting versions of the science and technology advisory council authorizing statute, clarifying the structure of the council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 602"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 602 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d72348a2-5754-4a86-ba46-3e427d751b07"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b47430315cf6b7522bbc18036210c02548be2d30eb4e1362cdd3556a4e0c8014"
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 602 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Eliminates one of two (2) conflicting versions of the science and technology advisory council authorizing statute, clarifying the structure of the council.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **602 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0602A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **730** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Zurier — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee heard
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/22/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/d72348a2-5754-4a86-ba46-3e427d751b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).