---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Enables the town of Coventry to charge owners of lands using the sewage works interest charges in excess of charges paid by the town.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Enables the town of Coventry to charge owners of lands using the sewage works interest charges in excess of charges paid by the town.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 201 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Coventry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raptakis", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e844dfbd-8d4f-4e86-a05c-eec979802e83"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "de741da15bd9092d7aac6b36a100b8f23ef7fa9178008aa0e3abbf29f5150437"
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 201 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Enables the town of Coventry to charge owners of lands using the sewage works interest charges in excess of charges paid by the town.)

## Version chain

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

1. **201 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0201A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** 02/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Meeting postponed (02/27/2019)
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2019)
- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2019)
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-15** 05/15/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 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/e844dfbd-8d4f-4e86-a05c-eec979802e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).