---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Creates a name for the Rhode Island Convention Center Boardroom as the James P. McCarvill Boardroom.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Creates a name for the Rhode Island Convention Center Boardroom as the James P. McCarvill Boardroom.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8083"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8083 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-01"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97719722-2938-4f49-8479-0eacb0e98a5f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "12ec08d4dfbe6179974ada36a2d3d5d8a2b4df5635624cc1a71ee1e162581282"
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 8083 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS (Creates a name for the Rhode Island Convention Center Boardroom as the James P. McCarvill Boardroom.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **8083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8083.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2022)
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2022)
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/10/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/97719722-2938-4f49-8479-0eacb0e98a5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).