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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 994"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 994 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Finance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-20"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d953b6ec-027b-425f-b687-4d62eb7003ca"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "6fbc871e10d75db8aab15c5a7abc7ab5cdf26c4ccd5099fc0e670e6672207b03"
+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 994 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **994 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0994A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d953b6ec-027b-425f-b687-4d62eb7003ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+