---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKLAND--MAPLEVILLE #4 AND THE NASONVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE EAST BURRILLVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (AuthorizeS, subject to voter approval, the merger and consolidation of the Oakland-Mapleville Fire District #4 and the Nasonville Fire District into a district to be called the \"East Burrillville Fire District.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKLAND--MAPLEVILLE #4 AND THE NASONVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE EAST BURRILLVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (AuthorizeS, subject to voter approval, the merger and consolidation of the Oakland-Mapleville Fire District #4 and the Nasonville Fire District into a district to be called the \"East Burrillville Fire District.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1077"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1077 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Burrillville", "Fire District"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-25"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b77c96-5218-47ac-9726-4fe0e92f0c05"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b3da9825524d46ce20027504bfd5610f6e5a92acf4e16bf04c74df6847470ddd"
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 1077 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE OAKLAND--MAPLEVILLE #4 AND THE NASONVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE EAST BURRILLVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (AuthorizeS, subject to voter approval, the merger and consolidation of the Oakland-Mapleville Fire District #4 and the Nasonville Fire District into a district to be called the "East Burrillville Fire District.")

## Version chain

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

1. **1077** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1077.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/85b77c96-5218-47ac-9726-4fe0e92f0c05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).