---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE MANVILLE FIRE DISTRICT -- AMENDMENT OF CORPORATE CHARTER (Repeals the existing provisions of the Corporate Charter and replaces them in their entirety.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE MANVILLE FIRE DISTRICT -- AMENDMENT OF CORPORATE CHARTER (Repeals the existing provisions of the Corporate Charter and replaces them in their entirety.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6034"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6034 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fire District"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Lyle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-26"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bbd4eec-8fcb-4ecb-9793-2349761e2f45"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2ccc8526b6152874ac96759932a8a1e3acbd234cf36bbd60ed3725164835784e"
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 6034 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE MANVILLE FIRE DISTRICT -- AMENDMENT OF CORPORATE CHARTER (Repeals the existing provisions of the Corporate Charter and replaces them in their entirety.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6034** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6034.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Lyle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2019)
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-13** 05/13/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2019)
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/3bbd4eec-8fcb-4ecb-9793-2349761e2f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).