---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Allows the city of Pawtucket to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket City Council by combining councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special election in 2018.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Allows the city of Pawtucket to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket City Council by combining councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special election in 2018.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8114"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8114 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Elections", "Pawtucket"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnston", "Messier", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-04-25"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc906fd6-7666-4e73-b0e5-0a074c60e92a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "16aff9483779498f918770805212857a3f2e72a79b97bf77998e236e3aad8ddb"
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 8114 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Allows the city of Pawtucket to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket City Council by combining councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special election in 2018.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8114.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnston — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2018)
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/10/2018)
- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Senate passed 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/cc906fd6-7666-4e73-b0e5-0a074c60e92a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).