---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names the intersection of Hartford and Reservoir Avenue in the town of Johnston as \"The Bernard Frezza, Jr. Corner.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names the intersection of Hartford and Reservoir Avenue in the town of Johnston as \"The Bernard Frezza, Jr. Corner.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 741"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 741 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33a503d8-20aa-4fc4-850c-b91b3c961e47"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8d4a7caa58abc9040db44c456ce7e3e23daef7b945702d3813a249a0bcbf1944"
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 741 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names the intersection of Hartford and Reservoir Avenue in the town of Johnston as "The Bernard Frezza, Jr. Corner.")

## Version chain

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

1. **741 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0741aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **75–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2019)
- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/10/2019)
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/33a503d8-20aa-4fc4-850c-b91b3c961e47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).