---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS"
description: "Makes the bridge over Smith Street and Route 95, the George Nee Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3170"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3170 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Gallo", "Lawson", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-27"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2e64aa-a253-4ad3-92c5-1bbf0f40eb17"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "21e5b265b34a7ac63220516307f0f6485b07329bd3d9e0985f66cc2d91dcfb10"
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 3170 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS

Makes the bridge over Smith Street and Route 95, the George Nee Bridge.

## Version chain

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

1. **3170 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3170A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Meeting postponed (04/01/2026)
- **2026-04-06** 04/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2026)
- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-14** 05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/ba2e64aa-a253-4ad3-92c5-1bbf0f40eb17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).