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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: "SB 2439"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2439 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "North Providence"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Nesselbush", "Paolino", "Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/807117c5-26a0-40d5-828f-5483024ceb6a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "ce042fcc3ff8b63d5c2c985ba6f5841ecf2eb1a66da54cc0eb797e67ef748e14"
+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 2439 (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. **2439 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2439A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Nesselbush — primary (person)
+- Paolino — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
+- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** 03/15/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/22/2018)
+- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2018)
+- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/10/2018)
+- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 House 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/807117c5-26a0-40d5-828f-5483024ceb6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+