---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD"
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 899"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 899 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Smithfield"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-14"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/583b3348-1172-41e4-ba2a-b1805a94c0a3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1ac447a23aac5bf5563b36e82a5d665459153c3b594453bd5539bbd65da4553d"
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 899 (2021) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING THE 2020 AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD

## Version chain

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

1. **899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0899.pdf)

## Votes

- SMITHFIELD — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/583b3348-1172-41e4-ba2a-b1805a94c0a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).