---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF J.B. SIMON, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF J.B. SIMON, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2849"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2849 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-03"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/476cf5ca-4166-42aa-ae59-c47b7d1bae9c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5322ffb9f6260d38eb66476097e2d0555d9a09472a677764c5abc33cedad2841"
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 2849 (2018) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF J.B. SIMON, INC.

## Version chain

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

1. **2849** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2849.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynch Prata — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-20** 05/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 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/476cf5ca-4166-42aa-ae59-c47b7d1bae9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).