---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES, AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- ALBERT P. VALLIERE BIKE PATH"
description: "Names the portion of the Blackstone River Bike path within the city of Woonsocket the Albert P. Valliere Bike Path."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8319"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8319 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Casey", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-30"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28435c36-7573-404d-9f02-93d7f088f154"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d6ae4a9bea5bb2c98675c8d27fab6a5192c51aba75a0c9ce98d0fd0ace3e29eb"
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 8319 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES, AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- ALBERT P. VALLIERE BIKE PATH

Names the portion of the Blackstone River Bike path within the city of Woonsocket the Albert P. Valliere Bike Path.

## Version chain

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

1. **8319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8319.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brien — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/28435c36-7573-404d-9f02-93d7f088f154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).