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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: "SB 2809"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2809 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["General Assembly", "Higher Education", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Jabour", "Picard", "Sheehan", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-04-05"
+last_action: "2018-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/962b5d7d-00ea-41e3-a6b2-6bf85d402fb1"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "fb98bc4118c85a660e60c8f161ce6306cf8a2ae76e5b4da19560dd76b5a14432"
+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 2809 (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. **2809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2809.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Algiere — primary (person)
+- Jabour — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+- Sheehan — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2018)
+- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2018)
+- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House 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/962b5d7d-00ea-41e3-a6b2-6bf85d402fb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+