---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS"
description: "Authorizes the appropriation to pay claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SR 3353"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 3353 (2026)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-06-04"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b710c82-9808-4869-aff8-27d0e75cb182"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4d12cbd75d9bd60fb8c3a079aff553547e45b4e5e000a89ca71761c643a7f258"
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 3353 (2026) — 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. **3353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3353.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/6b710c82-9808-4869-aff8-27d0e75cb182`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).