---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT"
description: "Validates and ratifies amendments to the charter of the Harrisville Fire District in the town of Burrillville."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1008"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1008 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-02"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fc0b44b-f539-4092-841e-3f3b0a4c2d51"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "db33b6d3304496cc32164b03e5c1833cceb53a53d2a6fd7e9f5b44d42b2aaf19"
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 1008 (2025) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT

Validates and ratifies amendments to the charter of the Harrisville Fire District in the town of Burrillville.

## Version chain

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

1. **1008** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1008.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-08** 06/08/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `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 passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/1fc0b44b-f539-4092-841e-3f3b0a4c2d51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).