---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Designates the Class A Tall Ship commonly known as the \"SSV Oliver Hazard Perry\" as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Designates the Class A Tall Ship commonly known as the \"SSV Oliver Hazard Perry\" as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2259"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2259 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d5fa62-d2c7-4cb9-8496-fb2e5fe5eabe"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "29943b991f7e18a039ac564038b29f04013779336d52bc7dc02cf78ac9eeed46"
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 2259 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Designates the Class A Tall Ship commonly known as the "SSV Oliver Hazard Perry" as the official flagship and tall ship ambassador of the state.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2259.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2018)
- **2018-02-07** 02/07/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2018)
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/c0d5fa62-d2c7-4cb9-8496-fb2e5fe5eabe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).