---
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: "2019"
identifier: "HR 6238"
citation: "Rhode Island HR 6238 (2019)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-06-21"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/422f080f-5927-4a05-87c8-cccbb3c581fd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6a7e8604f8769f8a2c0960aa5c0e4b48b4664bb325fafc7d452a61e14ec254fb"
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 6238 (2019) — 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. **6238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6238.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 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/422f080f-5927-4a05-87c8-cccbb3c581fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).