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+type: "Bill"
+title: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.)"
+description: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SR 977"
+citation: "Rhode Island SR 977 (2021)"
+classification: ["resolution"]
+subjects: ["Appropriation", "Claims", "Resolutions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pearson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-06-24"
+last_action: "2021-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12b311fb-71e2-4a0c-a8cf-10dae8fd0c93"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fba6feb33dcfb71f5a685212c9ef9a0da5aae4437017dbe76246ec3881f6fe51"
+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 SR 977 (2021) — JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **977** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0977.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-15** 07/15/2021 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/12b311fb-71e2-4a0c-a8cf-10dae8fd0c93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+