---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS"
description: "Makes the bridge over Smith Street and Route 95, the George Nee Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8474"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8474 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Biah", "Blazejewski", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Shekarchi", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-04-17"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/945042ed-01d3-4636-935a-356c810115f6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5a8ad819176bacd432687ecef3332e8ae68fc8d0cbbf4cb6518ef3ff8d035e2e"
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 8474 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS

Makes the bridge over Smith Street and Route 95, the George Nee Bridge.

## Version chain

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

1. **8474 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8474A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** 04/17/2026 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/945042ed-01d3-4636-935a-356c810115f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).