---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF M.E. O'BRIEN & SONS, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF M.E. O'BRIEN & SONS, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6266"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6266 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-28"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f85ea71-0797-49fc-91ee-e5c663cc4daf"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dcacaa0c14c105a3307783055d3e064fb61306df5fbe6dbcdc9019a4b5a8aeb9"
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 6266 (2021) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF M.E. O'BRIEN & SONS, INC.

## Version chain

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

1. **6266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6266.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 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/8f85ea71-0797-49fc-91ee-e5c663cc4daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).