---
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 University of Rhode Island football practice field, located at 5E West Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, to the \"Mark S. Cruise '81 '84 Football Practice Field.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7976"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7976 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty", "McEntee", "Spears", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ed86922-3f90-4ba1-9595-b7676eae8adc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c0fc3236d475fc9ea2a583488d098f260f43efab21ba0df5559f172a64605306"
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 7976 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS

Renames the University of Rhode Island football practice field, located at 5E West Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, to the "Mark S. Cruise '81 '84 Football Practice Field."

## Version chain

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

1. **7976** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7976.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)
- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/4ed86922-3f90-4ba1-9595-b7676eae8adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).