---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND RACING FUEL, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND RACING FUEL, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8042"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8042 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-08"
last_action: "2024-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58b59ae1-817b-4380-a65d-7ac1524880e0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fb4b4c9db5887ba82f6f8ebaa2c8b37cdc43f4758e3b515a001e21242daee819"
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 8042 (2024) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF NEW ENGLAND RACING FUEL, INC.

## Version chain

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

1. **8042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8042.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 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/58b59ae1-817b-4380-a65d-7ac1524880e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).