---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from charging its sewage works' users interest charges of no more than five-tenths of one percent (.5%).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from charging its sewage works' users interest charges of no more than five-tenths of one percent (.5%).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5798"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5798 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Coventry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Nardone", "Noret", "Roberts", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a809a437-4514-4cf8-ad7a-07f758fb5647"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8a6ebc09c0cb2d0c17b6b55d769dfab9a0f753d58fb6f553322b1bac74ab6405"
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 HB 5798 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COVENTRY SEWER AUTHORITY (Prohibits the town of Coventry from charging its sewage works' users interest charges of no more than five-tenths of one percent (.5%).)

## Version chain

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

1. **5798 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5798A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/14/2019)
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2019)
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 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/a809a437-4514-4cf8-ad7a-07f758fb5647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).