---
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).