---
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: "HB 7068"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7068 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Craven", "Dawson", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Phillips", "Serpa", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-02-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9badd110-61ea-4109-91e6-3c84719d8e2e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8e1b738227303b311b25a2f69c7654d57c903bfadec7434ea2813eec416c18b6"
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 7068 (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. **7068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7068.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2024)
- **2024-01-18** 01/18/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-01-27** 01/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (01/30/2024)
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Senate 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/9badd110-61ea-4109-91e6-3c84719d8e2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).