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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- PERMANENT JOINT COMMITTEE ON NAMING ALL NEW BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, EDIFICES AND OTHER STATE CONSTRUCTIONS"
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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.\""
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7068"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7068 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Craven", "Dawson", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Phillips", "Serpa", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-02-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9badd110-61ea-4109-91e6-3c84719d8e2e"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "8e1b738227303b311b25a2f69c7654d57c903bfadec7434ea2813eec416c18b6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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
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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."
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7068.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Dawson — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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- Spears — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2024)
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- **2024-01-18** 01/18/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-01-27** 01/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (01/30/2024)
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- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/01/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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