---
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: "SB 1003"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1003 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amendment", "Fire District", "Police & Fire", "Tiverton", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-30"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d32a34f8-c75f-4488-9c0a-acb40888ca5e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "764f9b9cf9b93cde3307007c18a405c28d01428df79f91a34a733d95090da4ab"
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 1003 (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. **1003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S1003.pdf)

## Votes

- THE TOWN OF TIVERTON" — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House 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/d32a34f8-c75f-4488-9c0a-acb40888ca5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).