---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -- NEW SHOREHAM"
description: "Provides that the New Shoreham water district be required to provide water service to only its designated service areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6069"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6069 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8feb6c55-6400-4364-ac6e-c6af3d18fde4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5b977b14ea6d033b388a6dbb16b7ff6f28b9c45445f99c9b6dfaae6a79926d6a"
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 6069 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -- NEW SHOREHAM

Provides that the New Shoreham water district be required to provide water service to only its designated service areas.

## Version chain

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

1. **6069 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6069A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/22/2025)
- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/8feb6c55-6400-4364-ac6e-c6af3d18fde4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).