---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS"
description: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HR 8346"
citation: "Rhode Island HR 8346 (2018)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Casimiro", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-06-21"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb25b305-40cf-4375-a3d3-65b2c2f2ae54"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fe0cf2aa6d00b028ac94830f9433325c27f3a16a2ec314b6cdc2cc2e21a08210"
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 HR 8346 (2018) — JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS

## Version chain

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

1. **8346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8346.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 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/eb25b305-40cf-4375-a3d3-65b2c2f2ae54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).