---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF J.B. SIMON, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF J.B. SIMON, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8118"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8118 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-04-26"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aaea078-30ab-458d-8c96-c5c3741ec3d1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6d6bb76bfdf5d14ea8c30cfc0cfd8cd8e74ea6b582820b40338cd368d94e7a2f"
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 8118 (2018) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF J.B. SIMON, INC.

## Version chain

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

1. **8118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8118.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2018)
- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 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/8aaea078-30ab-458d-8c96-c5c3741ec3d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).