---
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: "SB 952"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 952 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Fire District"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paolino", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-05"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/539cfcb3-5456-458d-a7a6-f56332e0122f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "817af4b185ce5af588c6184c871219230ba2954fd524b94073e033bcc18bf4c1"
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 952 (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. **952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0952.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House 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/539cfcb3-5456-458d-a7a6-f56332e0122f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).