---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PRIDE ELECTRIC LLC"
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PRIDE ELECTRIC LLC"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7997"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7997 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-23"
last_action: "2018-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72793ae0-760d-4f4c-bb69-b7bf3dc7acd3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "51eb5f602d6fa07ea0baa69d7dfb42d663c9f607747f289cc70a4b7b417f1002"
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 7997 (2018) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PRIDE ELECTRIC LLC

## Version chain

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

1. **7997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7997.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 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/72793ae0-760d-4f4c-bb69-b7bf3dc7acd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).