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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN (Clarifies that qualification to vote in elections of the Kingston Fire District extends to those residents of the District qualified to vote in the town of South Kingstown elections.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN (Clarifies that qualification to vote in elections of the Kingston Fire District extends to those residents of the District qualified to vote in the town of South Kingstown elections.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 5718"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5718 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Elections", "Fees", "Fire District", "South Kingstown"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Cardillo", "Casey", "Cotter", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42f026bd-0826-427e-b0c2-84eaf523e7dd"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "6839c58fc98a3428c54bd6de0d4fa947cd88a7b8dcf638cdf86b8f2826d048c7"
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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 HB 5718 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN (Clarifies that qualification to vote in elections of the Kingston Fire District extends to those residents of the District qualified to vote in the town of South Kingstown elections.)
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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. **5718** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5718.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Azzinaro — primary (person)
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- Cardillo — primary (person)
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- Casey — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Kennedy — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Spears — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** 02/17/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2023)
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- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/42f026bd-0826-427e-b0c2-84eaf523e7dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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