---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS"
description: "Makes appropriation to pay certain claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HR 8337"
citation: "Rhode Island HR 8337 (2024)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-06"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40e80ad5-fb32-45cf-9ee4-a65bdac79770"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8849e6c9acaa6712f54d90c2a663da2b870aa7a76e8f080e5bcd43ebc0c10213"
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 HR 8337 (2024) — JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS

Makes appropriation to pay certain claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **8337 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8337Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 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/40e80ad5-fb32-45cf-9ee4-a65bdac79770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).