---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 994"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 994 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-20"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d953b6ec-027b-425f-b687-4d62eb7003ca"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6fbc871e10d75db8aab15c5a7abc7ab5cdf26c4ccd5099fc0e670e6672207b03"
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 SB 994 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)

## Version chain

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

1. **994 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0994A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d953b6ec-027b-425f-b687-4d62eb7003ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).