---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MAIN STREET COORDINATING PROGRAM"
description: "Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the formal establishment of “Main Street Rhode Island”."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SR 174"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 174 (2025)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Felag", "Gu", "LaMountain", "Rogers", "Tikoian", "Urso", "Vargas", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36285f66-a52a-4afe-8957-11646d2f25b6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dc55c7b2dd569a59434f7f057611cd6e5fac76dfeb577d6bcc829ee9122b00af"
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 SR 174 (2025) — JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE MAIN STREET COORDINATING PROGRAM

Authorizes the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the formal establishment of “Main Street Rhode Island”.

## Version chain

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

1. **174 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0174aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-03** 07/03/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36285f66-a52a-4afe-8957-11646d2f25b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).