---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)"
description: "AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7196"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7196 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Labor", "North Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Hull", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad5e9ba-3344-4f5d-9c85-54ac2b9ab78a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "06469ec9a307e80a5f6ffb20278b382468c7850a817c282e1cc0a5ffba261afb"
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 7196 (2018) — AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF NORTH PROVIDENCE (Increases the amount of purchases the North Providence's purchasing agent may purchase an item, without bid, from $1,500 to $2,500.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7196 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7196A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** 01/18/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2018)
- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/01/2018)
- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 House voted to recommit to House Municipal Government
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2018)
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/10/2018)
- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 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/dad5e9ba-3344-4f5d-9c85-54ac2b9ab78a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).