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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS"
+description: "Establishes the Rhode Island orange heart medal to formally recognize Rhode Island veterans whose service exposed them to toxic herbicides, burn pits, or other hazardous agents."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2177"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2177 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Britto", "Burke", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lauria"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/948ee87b-6967-4163-b36f-c0e6ae750f86"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "434ad771670430dc09b06639d55bb0017c8913e5971dd9fdfe04a24b582cd588"
+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 2177 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS
+
+Establishes the Rhode Island orange heart medal to formally recognize Rhode Island veterans whose service exposed them to toxic herbicides, burn pits, or other hazardous agents.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2177.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2026)
+- **2026-03-11** 03/11/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
+- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/948ee87b-6967-4163-b36f-c0e6ae750f86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+