---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from assessing the costs of repaving the roadway upon the completion of any sewage works upon the land owners.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from assessing the costs of repaving the roadway upon the completion of any sewage works upon the land owners.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5688"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5688 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coventry", "Land/Landfills", "Roads", "Sewers", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Nardone", "Noret", "P Morgan", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22533345-b2b8-43e2-a59b-4de0ca0bc985"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d1d4c6f6ef8a30f08638acd72dedc85a4d1ffc05ec8ec6f3bf0a57d43e054028"
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 5688 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from assessing the costs of repaving the roadway upon the completion of any sewage works upon the land owners.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5688.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- P Morgan — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2021)
- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/22533345-b2b8-43e2-a59b-4de0ca0bc985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).