---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WARREN (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Warren, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.)"
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WARREN (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Warren, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 883"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 883 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Warren"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fdc81ff-b684-4955-9a0b-c8e24d4551b1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9eac953b6d2d902d518395288d230c3fcbac0fe33a11b5ae428d5345efa67116"
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 883 (2023) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WARREN (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Warren, adopted and approved on November 8, 2022.)

## Version chain

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

1. **883** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0883.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WARREN — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fdc81ff-b684-4955-9a0b-c8e24d4551b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).