---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 897"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 897 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fire District"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paolino", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-22"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf032dc1-8b7a-4a3a-8078-a5aacbf9294a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c07e2717e8b6d1b10fd864349b3a763d100fd4a69cec4cd222f15edacef911f1"
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 897 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)

## Version chain

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

1. **897 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0897A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paolino — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House passed Sub A 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/cf032dc1-8b7a-4a3a-8078-a5aacbf9294a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).