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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
+description: "Directs the department of transportation to prepare a monthly \"Washington Bridge snapshot report\" containing information on the progress of repairs and other actions pertaining to the Washington Bridge."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7759"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7759 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McGaw", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-28"
+last_action: "2024-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef398d2-73a7-4297-a539-db115fed433f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ca354afd617b9ca3f6b1193e320be84db21a20f13da3b5fdf39ff5003c57ddf1"
+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 HB 7759 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
+
+Directs the department of transportation to prepare a monthly "Washington Bridge snapshot report" containing information on the progress of repairs and other actions pertaining to the Washington Bridge.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7759 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7759A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2024)
+- **2024-03-19** 03/19/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 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/6ef398d2-73a7-4297-a539-db115fed433f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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