---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON"
description: "Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Hopkinton, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Hopkinton."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1163"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1163 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-20"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64ff6eca-d0a8-4453-b984-d8a933fa0ed3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ac3b72e584f3dd4b97b4840c5d3dadb41ec3a5629d334a837fee3b9c0c630cf1"
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 1163 (2025) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HOPKINTON

Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Hopkinton, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Hopkinton.

## Version chain

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

1. **1163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1163.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **56–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House 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/64ff6eca-d0a8-4453-b984-d8a933fa0ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).