---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PRUDENCE PARK WATER ASSOCIATION, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PRUDENCE PARK WATER ASSOCIATION, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7243"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7243 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Donovan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6cf451-1a3a-4bd9-847e-9bd52190ae1d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9290769b0009bb3047ddff01fe835eaa225bcbe77146e2a28b9d91b214dea72a"
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 7243 (2018) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PRUDENCE PARK WATER ASSOCIATION, INC.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7243.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** 01/19/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** 01/24/2018 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/13/2018)
- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2018)
- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Placed on House Calendar (03/08/2018)
- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 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/6c6cf451-1a3a-4bd9-847e-9bd52190ae1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).