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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON (Ratifies and validates Barrington Home Rule Charter amendments approved by electors at 11/3/20 election.)"
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON (Ratifies and validates Barrington Home Rule Charter amendments approved by electors at 11/3/20 election.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 240 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amendment", "Barrington", "Charter", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30aa3525-a008-479a-9b13-2cb33e97c21c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "af4d01ba6015c578480b91d9fead187861fc00dbe66109be63395e0f20d53df3"
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 240 (2021) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON (Ratifies and validates Barrington Home Rule Charter amendments approved by electors at 11/3/20 election.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0240.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **700** (pass) · upper
- TOWN OF BARRINGTON — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Coyne — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2021)
- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/30/2021)
- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** 04/21/2021 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/30aa3525-a008-479a-9b13-2cb33e97c21c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).