---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CITY OF WARWICK -- SEWER AUTHORITY (Modifies Warwick Sewer Authority Act by expanding number of members; increasing number of votes for by-law changes; providing for as many as thirty year installment payments; relieves owners with functioning septic systems from assessments for 20 years.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CITY OF WARWICK -- SEWER AUTHORITY (Modifies Warwick Sewer Authority Act by expanding number of members; increasing number of votes for by-law changes; providing for as many as thirty year installment payments; relieves owners with functioning septic systems from assessments for 20 years.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6143"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6143 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Jackson", "Shekarchi", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-23"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b699bf3-55e8-4ec9-b36a-1191fb9e1d4a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1abefa15627c72b715f38ba16fb857dee95da08fb3f95559878c2c35fc1da395"
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 6143 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE CITY OF WARWICK -- SEWER AUTHORITY (Modifies Warwick Sewer Authority Act by expanding number of members; increasing number of votes for by-law changes; providing for as many as thirty year installment payments; relieves owners with functioning septic systems from assessments for 20 years.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6143 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6143A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 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 hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/1b699bf3-55e8-4ec9-b36a-1191fb9e1d4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).