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+type: "Bill"
+title: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS"
+description: "Authorizes the appropriation to pay certain claims."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HR 8605"
+citation: "Rhode Island HR 8605 (2026)"
+classification: ["resolution"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-05-29"
+last_action: "2026-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77f99677-a043-4cf3-a553-ad50c0321bdc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c389488c25373beb6cc507494c8332f972ffaddb038352c66a386fbe40512583"
+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 HR 8605 (2026) — JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS
+
+Authorizes the appropriation to pay certain claims.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8605 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8605A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-30** 05/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/77f99677-a043-4cf3-a553-ad50c0321bdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+