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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (Creates the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission in order to attract amateur and professional marine events in Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (Creates the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission in order to attract amateur and professional marine events in Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1008"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1008 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-29"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47ca2c51-87e3-4728-8280-0a19b07221fc"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b26ce872025c7b3ec6252a0f9d48a69d2c7c163f8723a2a81e333e0c98de31b4"
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 1008 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - RHODE ISLAND SAILING EVENTS COMMISSION (Creates the Rhode Island Sailing Events Commission in order to attract amateur and professional marine events in Rhode Island.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **1008** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S1008.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GO — **630** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/47ca2c51-87e3-4728-8280-0a19b07221fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).