---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5967"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5967 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Finance", "Land/Landfills", "Water", "Waters and Navigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Noret", "Ruggiero", "Shanley", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ea3ccc5-01b7-44f6-aca0-bc3fa495d48e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "87c623bec18c154846d28ca3f319f83d640130331ae8ebd80e617790d53d8106"
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 5967 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5967 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5967A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2021)
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ea3ccc5-01b7-44f6-aca0-bc3fa495d48e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).