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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS (Requires that a death certificate reflect the decedent’s gender identity, as reported by the next of kin.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS (Requires that a death certificate reflect the decedent’s gender identity, as reported by the next of kin.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7765"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7765 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Death", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Health & Safety", "Vital Statistics"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Donovan", "Lombardi", "McNamara", "Walsh"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-28"
+last_action: "2018-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49bcf9ea-9c0e-4445-8408-9946f9646366"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "fe1300d461651714c35c1f0df49b3497894b5289b6389a48d30442e59c71459b"
+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 7765 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS (Requires that a death certificate reflect the decedent’s gender identity, as reported by the next of kin.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7765 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7765A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Walsh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-03-19** 03/19/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/21/2018)
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
+- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/49bcf9ea-9c0e-4445-8408-9946f9646366`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+