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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names Route 4 and Route 1 from Warwick to Westerly The Purple Heart Memorial Highway.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names Route 4 and Route 1 from Warwick to Westerly The Purple Heart Memorial Highway.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 7239"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7239 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Building Code", "General Assembly", "Highways", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Caldwell", "Casimiro", "Fogarty", "McEntee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-01-22"
+last_action: "2020-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58c2627a-4904-4167-8e6a-33c5c1bc825a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "bc820422d6bef7b2a795d7056caaadc4455241a1fd9d88c888645dcfbfe3a59c"
+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 7239 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Names Route 4 and Route 1 from Warwick to Westerly The Purple Heart Memorial Highway.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7239 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7239A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-22** 01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-31** 01/31/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2020)
+- **2020-02-06** 02/06/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2020-02-28** 02/28/2020 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2020)
+- **2020-03-03** 03/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
+- **2020-03-05** 03/05/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2020)
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-24** 06/24/2020 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/58c2627a-4904-4167-8e6a-33c5c1bc825a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+