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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BRISTOL (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Bristol, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Bristol on November 3, 2020.)"
description: "AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BRISTOL (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Bristol, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Bristol on November 3, 2020.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 862"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 862 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Charter", "Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Felag", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-30"
last_action: "2021-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41841271-4bb4-459a-a9fc-3f80e16998f8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fa665d19b52292372ec456d6ef7ad5f4a50186cc64e97588be8bfa9ec38d2615"
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 862 (2021) — AN ACT VALIDATING AND RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BRISTOL (Validates and ratifies amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the town of Bristol, which amendments were adopted and approved by the electors of the town of Bristol on November 3, 2020.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **862** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0862.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **710** (pass) · upper
- THE TOWN OF BRISTOL — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-30** 05/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 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/41841271-4bb4-459a-a9fc-3f80e16998f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).