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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5688.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from assessing the costs of repaving the roadway upon the completion of any sewage works upon the land owners.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from assessing the costs of repaving the roadway upon the completion of any sewage works upon the land owners.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5688"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5688 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Coventry", "Land/Landfills", "Roads", "Sewers", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Nardone", "Noret", "P Morgan", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22533345-b2b8-43e2-a59b-4de0ca0bc985"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d1d4c6f6ef8a30f08638acd72dedc85a4d1ffc05ec8ec6f3bf0a57d43e054028"
+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 HB 5688 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from assessing the costs of repaving the roadway upon the completion of any sewage works upon the land owners.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5688.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Nardone — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- P Morgan — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2021)
+- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/22533345-b2b8-43e2-a59b-4de0ca0bc985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+