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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER TO ALLOW FOR ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS, RAISING THE SMALL PROCUREMENT DOLLAR THRESHOLD BY ORDINANCE, AND ESTABLISHING MINORITY REPRESENTATION APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS VIA ORDINANCE"
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description: "Proposes amendments to the Warwick City Charter."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 6298"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 6298 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hopkins", "McNamara", "Read", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
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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: "2025-05-02"
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last_action: "2025-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e8de76c-3074-4345-9617-7066037c0237"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "add07ef558c0dee177cc2044afd01c67abf6353b35e933f19fe7c1d4b69c1ff6"
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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 6298 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER TO ALLOW FOR ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS, RAISING THE SMALL PROCUREMENT DOLLAR THRESHOLD BY ORDINANCE, AND ESTABLISHING MINORITY REPRESENTATION APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS VIA ORDINANCE
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Proposes amendments to the Warwick City Charter.
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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. **6298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6298.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hopkins — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Read — primary (person)
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- Shanley — primary (person)
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- Shekarchi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
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- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
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- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 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/2e8de76c-3074-4345-9617-7066037c0237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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