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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- BRISTOL COUNTY WATER SUPPLY (Repeals the requirement that the Bristol County water authority maintain its reservoirs, wells and well sites, transmission lines and water treatment plants within its jurisdiction in good, sound and safe condition.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- BRISTOL COUNTY WATER SUPPLY (Repeals the requirement that the Bristol County water authority maintain its reservoirs, wells and well sites, transmission lines and water treatment plants within its jurisdiction in good, sound and safe condition.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 656"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 656 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bristol", "Environment", "Health & Safety", "Water", "Waters and Navigation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-18"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96e140fe-876f-48d4-8c31-1659548df615"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ac6e33786b90dc5d09d391801aa7ba71952c290d190fbc4e496cc253ebc590ad"
+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 656 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- BRISTOL COUNTY WATER SUPPLY (Repeals the requirement that the Bristol County water authority maintain its reservoirs, wells and well sites, transmission lines and water treatment plants within its jurisdiction in good, sound and safe condition.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **656** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0656.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- - BRISTOL COUNTY WATER SUPPLY — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
+- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
+- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
+- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-31** 05/31/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
+- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/96e140fe-876f-48d4-8c31-1659548df615`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+