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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 8015"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8015 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Open Meetings", "Police & Fire"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-06-09"
+last_action: "2020-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69645d4e-d739-42f1-a382-3138f790edd5"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "7ac3ef96f1e487842ff006000ce3fa08d4f3e65ecd726262f954803de8b40fa2"
+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 8015 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8015** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H8015.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-09** 06/09/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-11** 06/11/2020 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
+- **2020-06-11** 06/11/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2020)
+- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2020)
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-24** 06/24/2020 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69645d4e-d739-42f1-a382-3138f790edd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+