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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF JOSEPH MERRITT & COMPANY, INCORPORATED"
+description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF JOSEPH MERRITT & COMPANY, INCORPORATED"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2043"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2043 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charter"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-17"
+last_action: "2018-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe9bd3d-594c-4435-ac4d-e19181029d21"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "4601e9ac868cb381b8411d45e8ce97577b90d0e8979dd1445ae2d218d37b0744"
+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 2043 (2018) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF JOSEPH MERRITT & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2043.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-17** 01/17/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (01/18/2018)
+- **2018-01-18** 01/18/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-01-19** 01/19/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/13/2018)
+- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/06/2018)
+- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Placed on House Calendar (03/15/2018)
+- **2018-03-15** 03/15/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-03-15** 03/15/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 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/bbe9bd3d-594c-4435-ac4d-e19181029d21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+