---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN (Revises and updates the public law on the Kingston fire district in the town of South Kingstown.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN (Revises and updates the public law on the Kingston fire district in the town of South Kingstown.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 589"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 589 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fire District", "South Kingstown"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54820a11-0dc4-44d1-8d17-b2d2772a4bb3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "60609866314da312bd50765b1b22f08ef18aad0fec28f298679e0a0240533737"
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 589 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN (Revises and updates the public law on the Kingston fire district in the town of South Kingstown.)

## Version chain

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

1. **589 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0589A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/54820a11-0dc4-44d1-8d17-b2d2772a4bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).