---
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: "HB 8054"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8054 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Craven", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-04-05"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74abbacf-cb5e-4ad3-b828-e17f27af8e0f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e02cf71cc2f0c65ca5d9929f9d1c9b560814767a2e1aa270c0bc6d83a33ae8c6"
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 8054 (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. **8054** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8054.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate 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/74abbacf-cb5e-4ad3-b828-e17f27af8e0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).