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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7908"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7908 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Felix", "Knight", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-04"
+last_action: "2022-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d5af571-79c0-47dc-b026-11ca18c8e987"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "29ceca5e8de2a82d37f1e4f5afbfc97cfc30ef6c395ed160448610859381fb1e"
+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 7908 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7908** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7908.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **58–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
+- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2022)
+- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
+- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d5af571-79c0-47dc-b026-11ca18c8e987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+