---
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).