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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 8205"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8205 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Knight", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-04-25"
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last_action: "2024-06-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c3f003-25cc-4dec-b462-7655d5b3515c"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "26bdb40bb8f35a520607cff8f556260cb902c700ae101fa3dd6bc253d7f7744e"
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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 8205 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- INDEBTEDNESS OF TOWNS AND CITIES
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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.
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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. **8205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8205.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Knight — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2024)
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- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
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- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-15** 06/15/2024 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/e5c3f003-25cc-4dec-b462-7655d5b3515c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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