---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- RHODE ISLAND T.F. GREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Renames the state airport in Warwick from \"T.F. Green state airport\" to \"Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- RHODE ISLAND T.F. GREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Renames the state airport in Warwick from \"T.F. Green state airport\" to \"Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6051"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6051 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Airports", "Miscellaneous", "State Affairs", "Warwick"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "Shanley", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca36a7d6-92a3-44a4-a1b6-e67e3d1acbc0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7825e04c0d32fc516b2b1c6bf1760024e4c58644120e7410e401d4bbc29ee30b"
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 6051 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- RHODE ISLAND T.F. GREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Renames the state airport in Warwick from "T.F. Green state airport" to "Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport.")

## Version chain

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

1. **6051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6051.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **17–47** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **12–49** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **63–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2021)
- **2021-04-05** 04/05/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2021)
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 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/ca36a7d6-92a3-44a4-a1b6-e67e3d1acbc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).