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H8206 • 2026

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) FOR NEW FORESTRY HOSES (Appropriates the sum of $50,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM).)

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) FOR NEW FORESTRY HOSES (Appropriates the sum of $50,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM).)

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Cotter, Chippendale, Kennedy, McGaw, Spears, Casimiro, Cruz
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 Committee

    Committee recommended measure be held for further study

  2. 2026-04-10 Rhode Island General Assembly

    Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2026)

  3. 2026-02-27 Rhode Island General Assembly

    Introduced, referred to House Finance

Official Summary Text

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) FOR NEW FORESTRY HOSES (Appropriates the sum of $50,000 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM).)

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H8206

2026 -- H 8206
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LC005786
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) FOR NEW FORESTRY HOSES

Introduced By:
Representatives Cotter, Chippendale, Kennedy, McGaw, Spears,
Casimiro, and Cruz

Date Introduced:
February 27, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
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RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not
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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2026-2027, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)
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to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) for new forestry hoses;
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and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw their orders upon the general
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treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required,
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upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (DEM) FOR NEW FORESTRY HOSES
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This resolution would appropriate the sum of $50,000 to the Rhode Island Department of
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Environmental Management (DEM).
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