---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS"
description: "Makes appropriation to pay certain claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SR 3138"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 3138 (2024)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "DiPalma", "Lauria", "Picard", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-06-04"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d6dc051-cf6e-4834-b23c-b850731be880"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f4ccbc6f464f5fbc832d5de9a9ff41a2177ac8a9f83554b9082a9d357a027040"
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 3138 (2024) — JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS

Makes appropriation to pay certain claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **3138 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3138aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 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/8d6dc051-cf6e-4834-b23c-b850731be880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).