---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Extends the deadline for the merger of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into the New Lincoln Fire District until December 31, 2021.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Extends the deadline for the merger of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into the New Lincoln Fire District until December 31, 2021.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2920"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2920 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire District", "Lincoln"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paolino", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-07-16"
last_action: "2020-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e0dcb78-587c-4263-a90d-734785eefe50"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3f1f383663dd6bd26487518fc99618c4b925254d5577d2836a1e95cf61eac4b1"
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 2920 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Extends the deadline for the merger of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into the New Lincoln Fire District until December 31, 2021.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2920** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2920.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-25** 07/25/2020 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/0e0dcb78-587c-4263-a90d-734785eefe50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).