---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS"
description: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SR 2988"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 2988 (2018)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-20"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9b7a82f-d025-49ce-bfa0-462a096096d5"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "32c6cd0bc5ee0ff8d83c1553a8afef6735da45c9fe4e35d50f49f284a456c821"
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 2988 (2018) — JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2988.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 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/f9b7a82f-d025-49ce-bfa0-462a096096d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).