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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2696.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE"
+description: "Directs the governor to order the lowering of flags to half-mast on any state buildings to honor the passing of first responders annually on October 28."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2696"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2696 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Felag", "Gu", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Lombardi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-01"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9737dac3-3a62-4dda-a016-96682bb7b9b5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "27872f338e526eec02e5c2fa9d7e048d8ab1303b8997369264995c40d9980842"
+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 2696 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE
+
+Directs the governor to order the lowering of flags to half-mast on any state buildings to honor the passing of first responders annually on October 28.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2696 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2696A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
+- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
+- **2024-04-29** 04/29/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/9737dac3-3a62-4dda-a016-96682bb7b9b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+