---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Extends the required air quality monitoring program at T.F. Green International Airport for two years to July 31, 2021.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Extends the required air quality monitoring program at T.F. Green International Airport for two years to July 31, 2021.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 906"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 906 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Airports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-22"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c8175f6-e755-44b7-a6af-5713d0d9c910"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d2d86d51505dc59a34fb39651751e9aa8065d863e86edf2de05f4683a639a397"
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 906 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Extends the required air quality monitoring program at T.F. Green International Airport for two years to July 31, 2021.)

## Version chain

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

1. **906** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0906.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/1c8175f6-e755-44b7-a6af-5713d0d9c910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).