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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: "SB 2242"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2242 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Fire District", "Richmond"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96dc08e4-f0fa-4e0c-be6b-820ea82e4e5d"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "4a17a93623b007ef639bb384329122253d0eb3c9de31664643fd185b5dec57e8"
+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 2242 (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. **2242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2242.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morgan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Meeting postponed (03/21/2018)
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
+- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/05/2018)
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House 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/96dc08e4-f0fa-4e0c-be6b-820ea82e4e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+