---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RAIL CORPORATION ACT (Enables the Rhode Island Public Rail Corporation to lower the self-insured retention amount required of the state and would provide indemnification statewide.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RAIL CORPORATION ACT (Enables the Rhode Island Public Rail Corporation to lower the self-insured retention amount required of the state and would provide indemnification statewide.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2579"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2579 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Transportation", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4f11c04-f2aa-4941-b3ee-c95194e5d8c1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "710e7b335b8bf6835df552203c3a018dbe23b06ef8aaabe1117b70420e8a01f0"
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 2579 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RAIL CORPORATION ACT (Enables the Rhode Island Public Rail Corporation to lower the self-insured retention amount required of the state and would provide indemnification statewide.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2579.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/24/2018)
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 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/a4f11c04-f2aa-4941-b3ee-c95194e5d8c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).