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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Allows the division of vital statistics to provide an original birth certificate of an adult adopted person to the adopted person's lineal descendants or the legal representative of the adopted person if the adopted person is deceased.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Allows the division of vital statistics to provide an original birth certificate of an adult adopted person to the adopted person's lineal descendants or the legal representative of the adopted person if the adopted person is deceased.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7310"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7310 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Ajello", "Fogarty", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-02"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a868a71-a0c6-43c2-b96b-3f1b5930f130"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "315c49603472d78c4e0ed4773ceb286a8380cbc07c8d4cce7e6023b4872a5562"
+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 7310 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Allows the division of vital statistics to provide an original birth certificate of an adult adopted person to the adopted person's lineal descendants or the legal representative of the adopted person if the adopted person is deceased.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7310 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7310A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-02** 02/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/17/2022)
+- **2022-02-17** 02/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/13/2022)
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/13/2022)
+- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
+- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
+- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/4a868a71-a0c6-43c2-b96b-3f1b5930f130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+