---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (Amends the Harrisville fire district charter to allow the district to provide rescue services in addition to fire suppression, medical and ambulance services.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (Amends the Harrisville fire district charter to allow the district to provide rescue services in addition to fire suppression, medical and ambulance services.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5379"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5379 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Burrillville", "Charter", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry", "Place", "Rea"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bdb2b4e-215d-443f-8d4c-0373690a1c2e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2574ab739241c128ff7dbe981e3283d7b3f9a8291cc95eb1633e00530312b1e0"
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 5379 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT (Amends the Harrisville fire district charter to allow the district to provide rescue services in addition to fire suppression, medical and ambulance services.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5379.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newberry — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Rea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2023)
- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bdb2b4e-215d-443f-8d4c-0373690a1c2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).