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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: "SB 3046"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3046 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-05-03"
+last_action: "2024-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94944e96-84b2-4530-a015-f22687084a3d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ba5816897038141bb3ced6011d67c3d267aa6799aee37cec37d29d8b0fe782eb"
+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 3046 (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. **3046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3046.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Felag — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2024)
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-25** 05/25/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House 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/94944e96-84b2-4530-a015-f22687084a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+