---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 974 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1940, ENTITLED \"AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON\" (Authorizes the Stone Bridge fire district to borrow up to $100,000 in funds to meet specific short-term financial obligations.)"
description: "AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 974 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1940, ENTITLED \"AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON\" (Authorizes the Stone Bridge fire district to borrow up to $100,000 in funds to meet specific short-term financial obligations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5258"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5258 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amendment", "Tiverton", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31f7f4ae-a238-4315-a0f0-a6d15ffe121a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3c43b14e3fd23d346ea8ca2fbfa74b0b011f288af7ad55b882ec19a496d7f0a3"
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 5258 (2021) — AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 974 OF THE PUBLIC LAWS OF 1940, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STONE BRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT AND TO FURNISH A SUPPLY OF WATER FOR THE TOWN OF TIVERTON" (Authorizes the Stone Bridge fire district to borrow up to $100,000 in funds to meet specific short-term financial obligations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5258.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/31f7f4ae-a238-4315-a0f0-a6d15ffe121a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).