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Rhode Island General Assembly · S 1006 · Chapter 316, Jun 30, 2025

HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS (Allows the director of the department of health to authorize the state registrar of vital records to change a person's race designation on their birth certificate, if justified.)

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Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS (Allows the director of the department of health to authorize the state registrar of vital records to change a person's race designation on their birth certificate, if justified.) Read the full text

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2025 sessionbill

Where it is

Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services · May 2, 2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025) · May 9, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · May 13, 2025
Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025) · Jun 16, 2025
Proposed Substitute · Jun 17, 2025
Committee recommends passage of Sub A · Jun 18, 2025
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) · Jun 18, 2025
Senate passed Sub A · Jun 20, 2025
Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) · Jun 21, 2025
House passed Sub A in concurrence · Jun 21, 2025
Transmitted to Governor · Jun 25, 2025
Signed by Governor · Jun 30, 2025

The numbers

1
sponsor on the bill

Sponsors

Britto
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