---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7281"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7281 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Fire District", "Richmond"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfe6ba7a-4215-44cc-8bed-cc070e6472f3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "778870f5472c181fc530d1dd6aa22d266786432079d221892a3d614c7448de93"
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 7281 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE RICHMOND-CAROLINA FIRE DISTRICT (Repeals and replaces Richmond-Carolina Fire District charter.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7281.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** 01/25/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **2018-04-17** 04/17/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/dfe6ba7a-4215-44cc-8bed-cc070e6472f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).