---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides free admission to any state owned recreational facility for Gold Star families with exceptions for docking slips.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides free admission to any state owned recreational facility for Gold Star families with exceptions for docking slips.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 748"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 748 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks", "State Affairs", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Lombardo", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f01e699c-1cff-4f32-bbe5-2e26553d136a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c92b8975691905bc402f7610bfcc96e2cb5327472f508be8173486bc722b63e8"
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 748 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Provides free admission to any state owned recreational facility for Gold Star families with exceptions for docking slips.)

## Version chain

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

1. **748** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0748.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2023)
- **2023-05-03** 05/03/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2023)
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/f01e699c-1cff-4f32-bbe5-2e26553d136a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).