S2706 • 2026

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D. 1942 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT" (Amends the public law incorporating Western Coventry Fire District to require a referendum & affirmative vote of the fire district electors prior to any merge/consolidation of the district with any other district or with the fire department of Coventry.)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rogers, Raptakis
Last action: 2026-02-27
Official status: Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government
Effective date: Not listed

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AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D. 1942 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT" (Amends the public law incorporating Western Coventry Fire District to require a referendum & affirmative vote of the fire district electors prior to any merge/consolidation of the district with any other district or with the fire department of Coventry.)

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D.

What This Bill Does

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D.
1942 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT" (Amends the public law incorporating Western Coventry Fire District to require a referendum & affirmative vote of the fire district electors prior to any merge/consolidation of the district with any other district or with the fire department of Coventry.)

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Bill History

2026-02-27 Rhode Island General Assembly
Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government

Official Summary Text

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D. 1942 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT" (Amends the public law incorporating Western Coventry Fire District to require a referendum & affirmative vote of the fire district electors prior to any merge/consolidation of the district with any other district or with the fire department of Coventry.)

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S2706

2026 -- S 2706
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D. 1942
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT"

Introduced By:
Senators Rogers, and Raptakis

Date Introduced:
February 27, 2026

Referred To:
Senate Housing & Municipal Government
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. An Act Passed at the January Session A.D. 1942 entitled “An Act to
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Incorporate the Western Coventry Fire District”, as from time to time amended, is hereby further
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amended to read as follows:
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Section 13. Vote to approve district merger, consolidation, or transition to municipal fire
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department or consolidated fire district.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the District shall not be merged, joined, consolidated,
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transitioned, or otherwise made a part of a municipal fire department of the Town of Coventry, or
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consolidated with any other fire district without an all-day referendum and the affirmative vote of
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the electors of the District in support thereof, said vote to be supervised by the Board of Directors.
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(b) The all-day referendum shall be called in the same manner as Special Meetings of the
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District as set forth in Section 6 hereof.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION A.D. 1942
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT"
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This act would amend the public law incorporating the Western Coventry Fire District to
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require a referendum and affirmative vote of the fire district electors prior to any merge or
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consolidation of the district with any other district or with the fire department of the town of
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Coventry.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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