---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CROOK POINT BRIDGE AUTHORITY ACT"
description: "Creates the Crook Point Bridge Authority for the purpose of maintain the Crook Point Bascule Bridge and any property related thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3176"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3176 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-31"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef247fe-5e1a-4156-b206-c1f733083e00"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fdce43f1e8cef5c0ebf3d2da1801ec1c023655cb94f62d38a12d7c5e3289d191"
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 3176 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- CROOK POINT BRIDGE AUTHORITY ACT

Creates the Crook Point Bridge Authority for the purpose of maintain the Crook Point Bascule Bridge and any property related thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **3176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3176.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/16/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-17** 04/17/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2026)
- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 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/4ef247fe-5e1a-4156-b206-c1f733083e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).