republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7068.md

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Bill	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."	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2024	HB 7068	Rhode Island HB 7068 (2024)	bill		enacted	Caldwell Carson Craven Dawson Fogarty McEntee Phillips Serpa Spears Tanzi	1	10	1	2024-01-05	2024-02-02	openstates	ocd-bill/9badd110-61ea-4109-91e6-3c84719d8e2e	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	8e1b738227303b311b25a2f69c7654d57c903bfadec7434ea2813eec416c18b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/9badd110-61ea-4109-91e6-3c84719d8e2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).