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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS"
+description: "Creates three (3) new awards for Rhode Island National Guard members and would provide eligibility for the Rhode Island star for certain civilian government employees and military and civilian leaders of foreign governments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2996"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2996 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-04"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09922410-79ab-44ad-b206-5ff4dfab4782"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "27b3f99f39283dcf6590a6657fc6999536f2b9ce2764083c333db237bc41f089"
+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 2996 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS
+
+Creates three (3) new awards for Rhode Island National Guard members and would provide eligibility for the Rhode Island star for certain civilian government employees and military and civilian leaders of foreign governments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2996.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 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/09922410-79ab-44ad-b206-5ff4dfab4782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+