---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.)"
description: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SR 977"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 977 (2021)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Claims", "Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-24"
last_action: "2021-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12b311fb-71e2-4a0c-a8cf-10dae8fd0c93"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fba6feb33dcfb71f5a685212c9ef9a0da5aae4437017dbe76246ec3881f6fe51"
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 SR 977 (2021) — JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS (Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims.)

## Version chain

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

1. **977** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0977.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 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`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-15** 07/15/2021 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/12b311fb-71e2-4a0c-a8cf-10dae8fd0c93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).