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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN (Validates and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Middletown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Middletown on November 6, 2018.)"
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description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN (Validates and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Middletown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Middletown on November 6, 2018.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 70"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 70 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-16"
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last_action: "2019-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eaccf27-e7f3-4f88-a711-5a0ec3531bd5"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "94007db427d0df233ecb831c27216384a6b1b0f3143a6cee3205c9f22d276cb9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 70 (2019) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN (Validates and ratify amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Middletown, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Middletown on November 6, 2018.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0070.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-22** 02/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2019)
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- **2019-02-28** 02/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2019)
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- **2019-03-07** 03/07/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
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- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2019)
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- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/03/2019)
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- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eaccf27-e7f3-4f88-a711-5a0ec3531bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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