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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY ACT (Authorizes town of West Greenwich to provide, by ordinance, regulations controlling the use of personal watercraft on any/or all fresh/inland waters of the town; ordinances may include a ban or limitation of personal watercraft on any waters in the town.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY ACT (Authorizes town of West Greenwich to provide, by ordinance, regulations controlling the use of personal watercraft on any/or all fresh/inland waters of the town; ordinances may include a ban or limitation of personal watercraft on any waters in the town.)"
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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 963"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 963 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Boats", "Health & Safety", "Waters and Navigation", "West Greenwich"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "E Morgan", "Raptakis", "Rogers"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-06-17"
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last_action: "2021-07-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a8c4d45-f437-46e2-8161-e4af600a6bed"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "ab5946ef596cb856dacf0d0c14060c28f433b36007203bf36c036d07bbdd941f"
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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 963 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PERSONAL WATERCRAFT SAFETY ACT (Authorizes town of West Greenwich to provide, by ordinance, regulations controlling the use of personal watercraft on any/or all fresh/inland waters of the town; ordinances may include a ban or limitation of personal watercraft on any waters in the town.)
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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. **963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0963.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ACT — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- E Morgan — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2021)
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- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
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- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/0a8c4d45-f437-46e2-8161-e4af600a6bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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