---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REGARDING MOTIONS AT THE TOWN OF SCITUATE ANNUAL FINANCIAL TOWN MEETING"
description: "Amends a public law regarding the fixing of time for the election of officers at the town of Scituate’s annual financial town meeting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8546"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8546 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quattrocchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-05-13"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c01adcb-f31e-4977-b435-a7f03e3f3480"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8a44056a8cf686cafa55a26a731d9b50e257425d033dc829e60a23ab9bc0df06"
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 8546 (2026) — AN ACT REGARDING MOTIONS AT THE TOWN OF SCITUATE ANNUAL FINANCIAL TOWN MEETING

Amends a public law regarding the fixing of time for the election of officers at the town of Scituate’s annual financial town meeting.

## Version chain

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

1. **8546 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8546aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **62–7** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quattrocchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/6c01adcb-f31e-4977-b435-a7f03e3f3480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).