---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- NAMING STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- E. RICHARD DURFEE ROAD (Would name a certain portion of Sand Hill Cove Road in Narragansett, \"E. Richard Durfee Road\".)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- NAMING STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- E. RICHARD DURFEE ROAD (Would name a certain portion of Sand Hill Cove Road in Narragansett, \"E. Richard Durfee Road\".)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5654"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5654 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Miscellaneous", "Narragansett", "Roads"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntee", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1093708b-18d4-4a92-bc90-c4c3b4f3684c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "24b5e1506c2d776682ac03c5ea90f8c945462a9411a3ee141caa85a8cf11dc37"
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 5654 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- NAMING STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- E. RICHARD DURFEE ROAD (Would name a certain portion of Sand Hill Cove Road in Narragansett, "E. Richard Durfee Road".)

## Version chain

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

1. **5654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5654.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McEntee — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2021)
- **2021-03-08** 03/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2021)
- **2021-04-05** 04/05/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/1093708b-18d4-4a92-bc90-c4c3b4f3684c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).