---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5958"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5958 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fire District"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Costantino", "Lyle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cb51d61-dfa2-4902-bc9c-40b9a02624b5"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "075ab1a264a08c5b4a3b00f4f02dd8e1d557cce97f7844ff515dcb7a7b309073"
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 5958 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF THE ALBION AND SAYLESVILLE FIRE DISTRICTS INTO THE NEW LINCOLN FIRE DISTRICT (Effectuates the consolidation of the Albion and Saylesville Fire Districts into a newly created Lincoln Fire District.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5958 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5958A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Lyle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2019)
- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-20** 05/20/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2019)
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/9cb51d61-dfa2-4902-bc9c-40b9a02624b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).