---
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: "SB 2822"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2822 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-24"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dd5b66f-88ee-4f1a-be98-415f48f18758"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "882d1be80b126b01bf57bf6dc3fd27e3730b463ce63a2049cd75709f76b32465"
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 2822 (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. **2822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2822.pdf)

## Votes

- EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRU — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2022)
- **2022-04-06** 04/06/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2022)
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/12/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 House 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/6dd5b66f-88ee-4f1a-be98-415f48f18758`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).