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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES"
+description: "Adds the town of Warren to those towns and cities authorized to issue bonds to finance the uninsured portion of a settlement arising out of litigation against the town or city."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 8205"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8205 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Knight", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-04-25"
+last_action: "2024-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c3f003-25cc-4dec-b462-7655d5b3515c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "26bdb40bb8f35a520607cff8f556260cb902c700ae101fa3dd6bc253d7f7744e"
+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 8205 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES
+
+Adds the town of Warren to those towns and cities authorized to issue bonds to finance the uninsured portion of a settlement arising out of litigation against the town or city.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8205.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2024)
+- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
+- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-15** 06/15/2024 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/e5c3f003-25cc-4dec-b462-7655d5b3515c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+