---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC TRANSIT - BUS PASSES (Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC TRANSIT - BUS PASSES (Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 115 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Seniors", "Public Utilities", "Handicapped", "Buses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Goodwin", "Jabour", "Metts", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49da3386-9316-445d-bbdb-9b73b347f298"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6d851dc8e0c137602ee87f4e68f3d7ef7703b293a454c62fbb8c2cad09ed5006"
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 115 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC TRANSIT - BUS PASSES (Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **115 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0115A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Committee heard
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-26** 09/26/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/49da3386-9316-445d-bbdb-9b73b347f298`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).