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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CROOK POINT BRIDGE AUTHORITY ACT"
+description: "Creates the Crook Point Bridge Authority for the purpose of maintain the Crook Point Bascule Bridge and any property related thereto."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7218"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7218 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Blazejewski", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Kislak", "Lombardi", "Morales", "Sanchez", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-21"
+last_action: "2026-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/665e5671-b53f-48c9-8f3e-e9ee4760cc16"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "10eb8aeb5f8f586dac70ee7fa7054105e457483cac6ddfc105df07b4ae8dc1ca"
+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 7218 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CROOK POINT BRIDGE AUTHORITY ACT
+
+Creates the Crook Point Bridge Authority for the purpose of maintain the Crook Point Bascule Bridge and any property related thereto.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7218.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Sanchez — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-21** 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
+- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2026)
+- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/16/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 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/665e5671-b53f-48c9-8f3e-e9ee4760cc16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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