---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS"
description: "Renames the East Bay Bike Path Bridge, located in the Town of Warren, the Cpl. Richard C. Brule Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6323"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6323 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b92686a-90f4-48c2-a7b9-87447b74c39e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b6292d5b6016f8b122d6a49df95a85b0133d71312e38444edf49d9024fa0c1ad"
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 6323 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS

Renames the East Bay Bike Path Bridge, located in the Town of Warren, the Cpl. Richard C. Brule Bridge.

## Version chain

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

1. **6323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6323.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/3b92686a-90f4-48c2-a7b9-87447b74c39e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).