---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME RECREATION ROOM (Names the recreation room at the Rhode Island Veterans Home as the \"Michael Andrade Memorial Recreation Room\".)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME RECREATION ROOM (Names the recreation room at the Rhode Island Veterans Home as the \"Michael Andrade Memorial Recreation Room\".)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7292"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7292 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bridges", "General Assembly", "Roads", "State Affairs", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Costantino", "Donovan", "Marshall", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70ff16d3-4d8b-4dbe-85f9-c9e204e1b7ec"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "583468f69f316a6a3be61cbb25b234b77e11110a82c495fc93ea60017efd5393"
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 7292 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS -- NEW RHODE ISLAND VETERANS HOME RECREATION ROOM (Names the recreation room at the Rhode Island Veterans Home as the "Michael Andrade Memorial Recreation Room".)

## Version chain

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

1. **7292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7292.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** 01/25/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee transferred to House Veterans Affairs
- **2018-04-17** 04/17/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/01/2018)
- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/70ff16d3-4d8b-4dbe-85f9-c9e204e1b7ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).