---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2242"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2242 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Fire District", "Richmond"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96dc08e4-f0fa-4e0c-be6b-820ea82e4e5d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4a17a93623b007ef639bb384329122253d0eb3c9de31664643fd185b5dec57e8"
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 2242 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2242.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Meeting postponed (03/21/2018)
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/05/2018)
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/96dc08e4-f0fa-4e0c-be6b-820ea82e4e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).