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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)"
+description: "AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7196"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7196 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Labor", "North Providence"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Hull", "O'Brien"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-18"
+last_action: "2018-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad5e9ba-3344-4f5d-9c85-54ac2b9ab78a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "06469ec9a307e80a5f6ffb20278b382468c7850a817c282e1cc0a5ffba261afb"
+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 HB 7196 (2018) — AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7196 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7196A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-18** 01/18/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2018)
+- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/01/2018)
+- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (03/28/2018)
+- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 House voted to recommit to House Municipal Government
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2018)
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2018)
+- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/10/2018)
+- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad5e9ba-3344-4f5d-9c85-54ac2b9ab78a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+