---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Designates October 23 of each year as a day to commemorate the nine Rhode Island marines killed in the 1983 terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Designates October 23 of each year as a day to commemorate the nine Rhode Island marines killed in the 1983 terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6061"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6061 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Holidays"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Fellela", "McLaughlin", "Messier", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-31"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59622097-3434-40c9-a13d-782636931b18"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2ec61068c71b4e36d1dbef2dc835df4a4303eb462ac482cac5731322489cbb35"
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 6061 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Designates October 23 of each year as a day to commemorate the nine Rhode Island marines killed in the 1983 terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **6061 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6061aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2017)
- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Committee recommends passage as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 House passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/59622097-3434-40c9-a13d-782636931b18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).