---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND BIBLE DOCTRINE CHURCH"
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND BIBLE DOCTRINE CHURCH"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7085"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7085 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d14260-a099-44a8-9f51-34b0d30d7a0e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c993df6f1df2d3c2a3acd861d1205dce6d404acbc975410d65fa6d472cc9ceb8"
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 7085 (2024) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND BIBLE DOCTRINE CHURCH

## Version chain

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

1. **7085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7085.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/25/2024)
- **2024-01-25** 01/25/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (01/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (02/15/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 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/f3d14260-a099-44a8-9f51-34b0d30d7a0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).