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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: "SB 2497"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2497 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bell", "Cano", "DiMario", "F Lombardi", "Gallo", "Lawson", "Seveney", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-01"
+last_action: "2022-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d1ca069-20a1-44b9-9482-3fd5de6d9047"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "468d267248b47da8fd0523d639401e45057460826fdd477a56bd475a54472c61"
+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 SB 2497 (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. **2497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2497.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- F Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
+- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
+- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
+- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 House 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/2d1ca069-20a1-44b9-9482-3fd5de6d9047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+