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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 897"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 897 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fire District"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paolino", "Pearson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-05-22"
+last_action: "2019-07-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf032dc1-8b7a-4a3a-8078-a5aacbf9294a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c07e2717e8b6d1b10fd864349b3a763d100fd4a69cec4cd222f15edacef911f1"
+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 897 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **897 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0897A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paolino — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2019)
+- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/cf032dc1-8b7a-4a3a-8078-a5aacbf9294a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+