---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS (Requires that a death certificate reflect the decedent’s gender identity, as reported by the next of kin.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS (Requires that a death certificate reflect the decedent’s gender identity, as reported by the next of kin.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7765"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7765 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Health & Safety", "Vital Statistics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Donovan", "Lombardi", "McNamara", "Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49bcf9ea-9c0e-4445-8408-9946f9646366"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fe1300d461651714c35c1f0df49b3497894b5289b6389a48d30442e59c71459b"
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 7765 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - VITAL RECORDS (Requires that a death certificate reflect the decedent’s gender identity, as reported by the next of kin.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7765 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7765A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-19** 03/19/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/21/2018)
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/49bcf9ea-9c0e-4445-8408-9946f9646366`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).