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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Amends AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE NEW TOWN OF TIVERTON, in order to clarify the eligibility of district residents to vote at district meetings.)"
+description: "AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Amends AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE NEW TOWN OF TIVERTON, in order to clarify the eligibility of district residents to vote at district meetings.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6255"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6255 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fire District", "Tiverton"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-05"
+last_action: "2023-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a8aeeb-0aac-4876-a565-2394fc63a0e7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "65861a213e83a72bd56760d3fbbd06b4660363b18652cc82ed712116f2b1a14c"
+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 6255 (2023) — AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON (Amends AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE NEW TOWN OF TIVERTON, in order to clarify the eligibility of district residents to vote at district meetings.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6255.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
+- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/98a8aeeb-0aac-4876-a565-2394fc63a0e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+