---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS' BUREAU (Creates a doing business as for Discover Newport as a short title for the bureau.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS' BUREAU (Creates a doing business as for Discover Newport as a short title for the bureau.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 655"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 655 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Business & Professions", "Corporations", "LLC and Partnerships", "Newport", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f89ff4d3-cf93-4cfd-85d9-f7141d7400c0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9c9ee6d3309af5db2b2d43ec268bcc3a9d46d6fae83e5e8c10b323e0876ce235"
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 655 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS' BUREAU (Creates a doing business as for Discover Newport as a short title for the bureau.)

## Version chain

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

1. **655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0655.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/f89ff4d3-cf93-4cfd-85d9-f7141d7400c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).