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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund. Enables municipalities and the state to apply for grants to improve public safety and community climate resilience for coastal habitats, as well as river and stream floodplains.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund. Enables municipalities and the state to apply for grants to improve public safety and community climate resilience for coastal habitats, as well as river and stream floodplains.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 35 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Environment", "Fees", "Health & Safety", "Waters and Navigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Anderson", "Archambault", "Bell", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2f27bc7-34ff-44da-8a55-ff01ff25c9c0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8f802f20a90f8e8e0d31ddd12d270ed1091b74e493918815bbc1af9922b01faf"
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 35 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- THE OCEAN STATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUND (Establishes the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund. Enables municipalities and the state to apply for grants to improve public safety and community climate resilience for coastal habitats, as well as river and stream floodplains.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **35 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0035Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **370** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Acosta — primary (person)
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/f2f27bc7-34ff-44da-8a55-ff01ff25c9c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).