---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING THE CLEAR RIVER ELECTRIC AND WATER DISTRICT"
description: "Amends the Harrisville Fire District Charter allowing the district to provide rescue services, fire suppression, medical and ambulance services/water services would be provided by a separate entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2997"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2997 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-16"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b93ccdf4-3db2-45ea-a4c0-5d0e5882282c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a5f2140538a6d6f75a19466ddc5930423bdc1eb1929a5d8e2c2bbcbd8b3491b4"
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 2997 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING THE CLEAR RIVER ELECTRIC AND WATER DISTRICT

Amends the Harrisville Fire District Charter allowing the district to provide rescue services, fire suppression, medical and ambulance services/water services would be provided by a separate entity.

## Version chain

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

1. **2997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2997.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **26–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2024)
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `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`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b93ccdf4-3db2-45ea-a4c0-5d0e5882282c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).