---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE - DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE - DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6217"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6217 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Casimiro", "Kazarian", "Lombardi", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-05-12"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0c887b-75f9-4529-bd63-256d4c838c09"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "48887669351a0d964fc6eb6afb903a5c5e40e900d56e3b16600bdac2779d90e3"
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 6217 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE - DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6217.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Almeida — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 House read and passed `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 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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-22** 09/22/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/5d0c887b-75f9-4529-bd63-256d4c838c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).