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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2864"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2864 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Open Meetings", "Police & Fire"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-12"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf713f07-aa62-4f3b-9c06-7855d408c79a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "96372ed3cc1e4b2e5bd8d7d8ac7da44aa5c3c18c7ab1590160e057ddfdde22a3"
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 2864 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2864** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2864.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **710** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Conley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-12** 06/12/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-12** 06/12/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2020)
- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** 06/24/2020 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/cf713f07-aa62-4f3b-9c06-7855d408c79a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).