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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- BRISTOL COUNTY WATER SUPPLY (Repeals Bristol county water supply’s and the state’s obligation to upgrade transmission lines, treatment facilities, reservoirs, and wells or upgrade them to conform to the Safe Drinking Water Act standards set forth by federal law.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- BRISTOL COUNTY WATER SUPPLY (Repeals Bristol county water supply’s and the state’s obligation to upgrade transmission lines, treatment facilities, reservoirs, and wells or upgrade them to conform to the Safe Drinking Water Act standards set forth by federal law.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 655"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 655 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Bristol", "Environment", "Statutes", "Water", "Waters and Navigation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Felag", "Seveney"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-18"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72fbcec3-a747-45b1-b510-cb81e21d08c0"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "bce3c10f30044ea845404623b4511f2dc563230bd3695f5b669cd95892bf13e0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 655 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- BRISTOL COUNTY WATER SUPPLY (Repeals Bristol county water supply’s and the state’s obligation to upgrade transmission lines, treatment facilities, reservoirs, and wells or upgrade them to conform to the Safe Drinking Water Act standards set forth by federal law.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **655 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0655A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Seveney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
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- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
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- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
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- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-31** 05/31/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
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- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2021)
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- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72fbcec3-a747-45b1-b510-cb81e21d08c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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