---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INTERLOCAL CONTRACTING AND JOINT ENTERPRISE"
description: "Removes the attorney general's oversight of interlocal agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7894"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7894 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-04"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc7d8fa-e177-4443-9455-e1cbc90e53e0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2f67b10f168ac4659c1ac3e0ed8dccc1411f3f76e4e8e61dfbe82cbe9aa1e5bb"
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 7894 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INTERLOCAL CONTRACTING AND JOINT ENTERPRISE

Removes the attorney general's oversight of interlocal agreements.

## Version chain

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

1. **7894 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7894A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **59–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-04** 03/04/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2024)
- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 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/3fc7d8fa-e177-4443-9455-e1cbc90e53e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).