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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKLAND--MAPLEVILLE #4 AND THE NASONVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE EAST BURRILLVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (Authorizes, subject to voter approval, the merger and consolidation of the Oakland-Mapleville Fire District #4 and the Nasonville Fire District into a district to be called the \"Burrillville Fire District.\")"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKLAND--MAPLEVILLE #4 AND THE NASONVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE EAST BURRILLVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (Authorizes, subject to voter approval, the merger and consolidation of the Oakland-Mapleville Fire District #4 and the Nasonville Fire District into a district to be called the \"Burrillville Fire District.\")"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6166"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6166 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Burrillville", "Cities & Towns", "Fire District"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Newberry", "Place"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-17"
+last_action: "2023-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0af70ec5-2cb2-4d6e-a5ee-7d077c3e149c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "0b64392e915d6a6c483828ebca674f80406bd6714b70f447c2427e164e3a6a8e"
+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 6166 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKLAND--MAPLEVILLE #4 AND THE NASONVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE EAST BURRILLVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (Authorizes, subject to voter approval, the merger and consolidation of the Oakland-Mapleville Fire District #4 and the Nasonville Fire District into a district to be called the "Burrillville Fire District.")
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6166 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6166A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Newberry — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
+- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2023)
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/0af70ec5-2cb2-4d6e-a5ee-7d077c3e149c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+