---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY BUILDERS, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY BUILDERS, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 33"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 33 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ff6a1c4-02a0-4af7-9c8e-f448cf124938"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "157787dab9378f373d60af9552cbf1459d3e3d01d744c2df8186edb3917cccc0"
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 SB 33 (2019) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY BUILDERS, INC.

## Version chain

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

1. **33** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0033.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** 01/15/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (01/16/2019)
- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-01-17** 01/17/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/29/2019)
- **2019-01-29** 01/29/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (02/05/2019)
- **2019-02-05** 02/05/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Placed on House Calendar (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 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/2ff6a1c4-02a0-4af7-9c8e-f448cf124938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).