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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $11,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD AND SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the Town of Westerly to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $11,000,000 to finance the construction of road and sidewalk infrastructure improvements and related water line improvements in the town and all costs related thereto.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $11,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD AND SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the Town of Westerly to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $11,000,000 to finance the construction of road and sidewalk infrastructure improvements and related water line improvements in the town and all costs related thereto.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 697"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 697 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Construction", "Roads", "Waters and Navigation", "Westerly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/130f11e5-31a3-440b-9dc6-ecde82d1ab15"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "40ad1a308664b83f213a4409dfde8745491a1efbfe473b5e33c65c11ca54766f"
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 697 (2021) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $11,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD AND SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the Town of Westerly to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $11,000,000 to finance the construction of road and sidewalk infrastructure improvements and related water line improvements in the town and all costs related thereto.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0697.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **650** (pass) · upper
- IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Algiere — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 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/130f11e5-31a3-440b-9dc6-ecde82d1ab15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).