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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - NAMING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND WELCOME CENTER (Names the welcome center at the University of Rhode Island \"The Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center.\")"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - NAMING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND WELCOME CENTER (Names the welcome center at the University of Rhode Island \"The Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center.\")"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8054"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8054 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["General Assembly", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Craven", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-04-05"
+last_action: "2018-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74abbacf-cb5e-4ad3-b828-e17f27af8e0f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "e02cf71cc2f0c65ca5d9929f9d1c9b560814767a2e1aa270c0bc6d83a33ae8c6"
+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 8054 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - NAMING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND WELCOME CENTER (Names the welcome center at the University of Rhode Island "The Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center.")
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8054** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8054.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
+- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
+- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 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/74abbacf-cb5e-4ad3-b828-e17f27af8e0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+