---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE (Requires office of Veteran Affairs to bear the cost of all tolls incurred by any motor vehicles that are part of a veteran's funeral procession, originating from Aquidneck Island and ending at the Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, for burial or internment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE (Requires office of Veteran Affairs to bear the cost of all tolls incurred by any motor vehicles that are part of a veteran's funeral procession, originating from Aquidneck Island and ending at the Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, for burial or internment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7795"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7795 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries", "Farms", "Military Affairs", "Newport", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "McEntee", "Ruggiero", "Shekarchi", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
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/4af47a8e-c420-40c3-97b1-5da1b2fbff7e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e546436a817e14f7e13b1d10aea52c00e19a4262e4aae0d2895aef15b37d3870"
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 7795 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE (Requires office of Veteran Affairs to bear the cost of all tolls incurred by any motor vehicles that are part of a veteran's funeral procession, originating from Aquidneck Island and ending at the Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, for burial or internment.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7795 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7795A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Meeting postponed (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 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/4af47a8e-c420-40c3-97b1-5da1b2fbff7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).