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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.) AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2020 HB 8015 Rhode Island HB 8015 (2020)
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Rhode Island HB 8015 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - GENERAL POWERS (Allows city/town/fire district to continue operations in state/local emergency when financial budget process is interrupted and to conduct virtual meetings during emergencies retroactive to March 9, 2020.)

Version chain

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

  1. 8015 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 720 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Edwards — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-06-09 06/09/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
  • 2020-06-11 06/11/2020 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
  • 2020-06-11 06/11/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2020)
  • 2020-06-15 06/15/2020 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-06-15 06/15/2020 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2020)
  • 2020-06-17 06/17/2020 House read and passed passage
  • 2020-06-18 06/18/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
  • 2020-06-18 06/18/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
  • 2020-06-18 06/18/2020 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2020-06-18 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2020-06-24 06/24/2020 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69645d4e-d739-42f1-a382-3138f790edd5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).