---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF VJA REALTY, LLC"
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF VJA REALTY, LLC"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7279"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7279 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a507c14e-5722-4a9e-9a38-769c7dfa894d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ea234c22cb3763531c08f6453828b4ed77f266e78b1fbb03776f48e4e74ecfbd"
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 7279 (2020) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF VJA REALTY, LLC

## Version chain

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

1. **7279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7279.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** 01/23/2020 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** 01/24/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/28/2020)
- **2020-01-28** 01/28/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-31** 01/31/2020 Placed on House Calendar (02/04/2020)
- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 House read and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (02/05/2020)
- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-13** 02/13/2020 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/a507c14e-5722-4a9e-9a38-769c7dfa894d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).