---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS"
description: "Renames the \"Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center\" as the \"Roosevelt Benton Center\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2838"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2838 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Gallo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2165e9b7-7343-4489-b65b-ba3adfb35011"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d525c89a8397e00b88c25ae3125fcccde64adf6745164c79859e11a5ec8283ee"
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 2838 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS

Renames the "Roosevelt Benton Youth Assessment Center" as the "Roosevelt Benton Center".

## Version chain

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

1. **2838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2838.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 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/2165e9b7-7343-4489-b65b-ba3adfb35011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).