---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS - THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Reduces the items which must be monitored by the air-quality monitors at T.F. Green Airport to particles less than 0.1 microns, and black carbon.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS - THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Reduces the items which must be monitored by the air-quality monitors at T.F. Green Airport to particles less than 0.1 microns, and black carbon.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6055"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6055 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Airports", "Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "McNamara", "Shekarchi", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-31"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/208cd1d3-6fd6-4363-9dc0-de5e5ddf7c5e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "52efc7e358c1011434f53962c9e9cea918fd358f46f27037df4c3ea4dd158dde"
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 HB 6055 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS - THE PERMANENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING ACT (Reduces the items which must be monitored by the air-quality monitors at T.F. Green Airport to particles less than 0.1 microns, and black carbon.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6055** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6055.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-07** 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2017)
- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/208cd1d3-6fd6-4363-9dc0-de5e5ddf7c5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).