---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES --WEST WARWICK PENSION PLAN (Authorizes the town of West Warwick to join the State Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES --WEST WARWICK PENSION PLAN (Authorizes the town of West Warwick to join the State Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6423"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6423 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Education", "Municipal Employees", "Police & Fire", "Retirement", "West Warwick"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Noret", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-11"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/600157d5-ea09-4bc2-af03-394a2b1b3c10"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "57c62c16eeb8f480ebba4702844bdc406f2e743e97ee6edf08d6c015a584ff19"
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 6423 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES --WEST WARWICK PENSION PLAN (Authorizes the town of West Warwick to join the State Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6423 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6423A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Noret — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/600157d5-ea09-4bc2-af03-394a2b1b3c10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).