---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES"
description: "Adds the town of Warren to those towns and cities authorized to issue bonds to finance the uninsured portion of a settlement arising out of litigation against the town or city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3046"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3046 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-03"
last_action: "2024-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94944e96-84b2-4530-a015-f22687084a3d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ba5816897038141bb3ced6011d67c3d267aa6799aee37cec37d29d8b0fe782eb"
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 3046 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES

Adds the town of Warren to those towns and cities authorized to issue bonds to finance the uninsured portion of a settlement arising out of litigation against the town or city.

## Version chain

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

1. **3046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3046.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-25** 05/25/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-15** 06/15/2024 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/94944e96-84b2-4530-a015-f22687084a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).