---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF LOS TOROS BAND, INC."
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF LOS TOROS BAND, INC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8520"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8520 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-06"
last_action: "2026-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdcad508-9932-4530-8b15-054a4e5d01ed"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "646d723a11bde86ad302147746ba4171f0dc31a9c6908b68aeeab05a20947638"
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 8520 (2026) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF LOS TOROS BAND, INC.

## Version chain

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

1. **8520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8520.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/12/2026)
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 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/fdcad508-9932-4530-8b15-054a4e5d01ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).