---
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: "SB 2727"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2727 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Lauria", "Lawson", "McKenney", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-07"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ef2d65f-5c16-48b1-abbf-d490054e366f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bc818e2e2d9694425a7e18b430c29e249163883bd95d2b97542a99cc74c8f4f4"
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 2727 (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. **2727 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2727A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2024)
- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 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 Senate Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 House 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/5ef2d65f-5c16-48b1-abbf-d490054e366f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).