---
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: "SB 519"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 519 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Airports", "Miscellaneous", "Warwick"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Archambault", "Kallman", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/717c6330-6186-4b23-bf15-7779ac9a3823"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "90e26d363fa5d79280bf1ae86808ef72105efee6e6f2b92723b60fc76d2adb06"
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 519 (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. **519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0519.pdf)

## Votes

- INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** 04/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 House 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/717c6330-6186-4b23-bf15-7779ac9a3823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).