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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Designates the Class A Tall Ship commonly known as the \"SSV Oliver Hazard Perry\" as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Designates the Class A Tall Ship commonly known as the \"SSV Oliver Hazard Perry\" as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2259"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2259 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d5fa62-d2c7-4cb9-8496-fb2e5fe5eabe"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "29943b991f7e18a039ac564038b29f04013779336d52bc7dc02cf78ac9eeed46"
+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 2259 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Designates the Class A Tall Ship commonly known as the "SSV Oliver Hazard Perry" as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2259.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2018)
+- **2018-02-07** 02/07/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2018)
+- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2018)
+- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/c0d5fa62-d2c7-4cb9-8496-fb2e5fe5eabe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+