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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION -- 2018 (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 7 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION -- 2018 (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 7 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8171"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8171 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corporations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morgan", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-05-04"
+last_action: "2018-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7aa0774-55aa-4728-a415-66909e8f6415"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "d5cd49db4321548a7ff76b850834df175517c08fb5222fcd02befbd4a9f1e427"
+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 8171 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION -- 2018 (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws, prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 7 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8171.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morgan — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2018)
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
+- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2018)
+- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `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`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 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/f7aa0774-55aa-4728-a415-66909e8f6415`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+