---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET"
description: "Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Woonsocket Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the city of Woonsocket on November 5, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6419"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6419 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Casey", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-06-12"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a72c79-ef8b-485c-b68a-bf9f7fcd40a8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e30ba6671deb109de81850cd25e290f2187bda15c91a673fd9911730d2329cb4"
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 6419 (2025) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET

Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Woonsocket Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the city of Woonsocket on November 5, 2024.

## Version chain

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

1. **6419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6419.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brien — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/a6a72c79-ef8b-485c-b68a-bf9f7fcd40a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).