---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS"
description: "Provides that the center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences building at the University of Rhode Island be named as \"Joseph '56 Ruby DeChristofaro Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2033"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2033 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Felag", "Gu", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-02-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b02d95a-deb5-4457-bbd6-d0d57bbefad1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f0589327ca20aa6685b6a56e4ca8e5bdccc3688a2917bea57fc184c8283aaaba"
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 2033 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS

Provides that the center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences building at the University of Rhode Island be named as "Joseph '56 Ruby DeChristofaro Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences."

## Version chain

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

1. **2033** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2033.pdf)

## Votes

- BIOTECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES" — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/16/2024)
- **2024-01-16** 01/16/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** 01/16/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (01/18/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** 01/18/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-27** 01/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (01/30/2024)
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/01/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 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/8b02d95a-deb5-4457-bbd6-d0d57bbefad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).