---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO RENAMING THE NEW SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE, AQUIDNECK ISLAND"
description: "Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.”"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 591"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 591 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Lauria", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a52f0ab-2822-440b-828b-0ab6e179e7bf"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "274a8ded82af43bd5f45273a00e9da3bb1743a53f994f678a9c9009b97a56164"
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 591 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO RENAMING THE NEW SAKONNET RIVER BRIDGE, AQUIDNECK ISLAND

Names the new Sakonnet River Bridge as the “Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge.”

## Version chain

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

1. **591 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0591A.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2025)
- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-26** 03/26/2025 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-04-17** 04/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 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/6a52f0ab-2822-440b-828b-0ab6e179e7bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).