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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7281"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7281 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Fire District", "Richmond"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy", "Price"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-25"
+last_action: "2018-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfe6ba7a-4215-44cc-8bed-cc070e6472f3"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "778870f5472c181fc530d1dd6aa22d266786432079d221892a3d614c7448de93"
+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 7281 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7281.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-25** 01/25/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
+- **2018-04-17** 04/17/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
+- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
+- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2018)
+- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/dfe6ba7a-4215-44cc-8bed-cc070e6472f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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