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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET"
description: "Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Woonsocket Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the city of Woonsocket on November 5, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 944 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray", "Thompson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a67f3fe0-4fea-44b8-9ba4-7efdb49d3a05"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4dbb27134b4db56a7000f96fed75a0a41eb1cdb5abf72db51726753804a65691"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 944 (2025) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WOONSOCKET
Validates and ratifies the amendments to the Woonsocket Home Rule Charter which were approved by the electors of the city of Woonsocket on November 5, 2024.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0944.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **600** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Murray — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a67f3fe0-4fea-44b8-9ba4-7efdb49d3a05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).