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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO RENAMING THE NEW SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE, AQUIDNECK ISLAND"
+description: "Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.”"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 591"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 591 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Lauria", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a52f0ab-2822-440b-828b-0ab6e179e7bf"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "274a8ded82af43bd5f45273a00e9da3bb1743a53f994f678a9c9009b97a56164"
+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 591 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO RENAMING THE NEW SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE, AQUIDNECK ISLAND
+
+Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.”
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **591 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0591A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- In Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2025)
+- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-26** 03/26/2025 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-04-17** 04/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 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/6a52f0ab-2822-440b-828b-0ab6e179e7bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+