---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
description: "Directs the department of transportation to prepare a monthly \"Washington Bridge snapshot report\" containing information on the progress of repairs and other actions pertaining to the Washington Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7759"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7759 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McGaw", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ef398d2-73a7-4297-a539-db115fed433f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ca354afd617b9ca3f6b1193e320be84db21a20f13da3b5fdf39ff5003c57ddf1"
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 7759 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Directs the department of transportation to prepare a monthly "Washington Bridge snapshot report" containing information on the progress of repairs and other actions pertaining to the Washington Bridge.

## Version chain

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

1. **7759 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7759A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2024)
- **2024-03-19** 03/19/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 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/6ef398d2-73a7-4297-a539-db115fed433f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).