---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RAIL CORPORATION ACT (Enables the Rhode Island Public Rail Corporation to lower the self-insured retention amount required of the state and would provide indemnification statewide.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RAIL CORPORATION ACT (Enables the Rhode Island Public Rail Corporation to lower the self-insured retention amount required of the state and would provide indemnification statewide.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7813"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7813 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Transportation", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Diaz", "Johnston", "Maldonado", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d200fa-1b98-4b68-b458-6c8dc5aae2c9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "97b35ed64f500be477a039e84996ba886f0e54ca0bf5ac71cba3af42ba4e1830"
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 7813 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RAIL CORPORATION ACT (Enables the Rhode Island Public Rail Corporation to lower the self-insured retention amount required of the state and would provide indemnification statewide.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7813** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7813.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2018)
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate voted to reconsider
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d200fa-1b98-4b68-b458-6c8dc5aae2c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).