---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES"
description: "Adds the town of Warren to those towns and cities authorized to issue bonds to finance the uninsured portion of a settlement arising out of litigation against the town or city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8205"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8205 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-04-25"
last_action: "2024-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c3f003-25cc-4dec-b462-7655d5b3515c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "26bdb40bb8f35a520607cff8f556260cb902c700ae101fa3dd6bc253d7f7744e"
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 8205 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES

Adds the town of Warren to those towns and cities authorized to issue bonds to finance the uninsured portion of a settlement arising out of litigation against the town or city.

## Version chain

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

1. **8205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8205.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2024)
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-15** 06/15/2024 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/e5c3f003-25cc-4dec-b462-7655d5b3515c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).