HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS (Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.)
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS (Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.)” Read the full text
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2025 sessionbill
Where it is
Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary · Mar 6, 2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025) · Mar 28, 2025
Committee recommends passage · Apr 3, 2025
Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2025) · Apr 10, 2025
Senate read and passed · May 1, 2025
Referred to House Judiciary · May 2, 2025
Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025) · Jun 6, 2025
Committee recommends passage in concurrence · Jun 12, 2025
Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) · Jun 14, 2025
House passed in concurrence · Jun 18, 2025
Transmitted to Governor · Jun 18, 2025
Signed by Governor · Jun 24, 2025
The numbers
9
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
IN CONCURRENCEHouse · 2025-06-18 · YEAS 66, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 9, RECUSED 0
PassageSenate · 2025-05-01 · YEAS 32, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 6, RECUSED 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Rhode Island legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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