---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Sets aside the second Saturday in the month of April annually to be known as Historical Cemetery Restoration/Awareness Day.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Sets aside the second Saturday in the month of April annually to be known as Historical Cemetery Restoration/Awareness Day.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2985"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2985 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-20"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c3283f7-0016-47a8-9bca-87b5675ef2df"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "da8dc8ddf0505187dab50eec4b7dd1e8e7ac173951b00e70e085d1a66d7fbf53"
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 2985 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Sets aside the second Saturday in the month of April annually to be known as Historical Cemetery Restoration/Awareness Day.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2985.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/6c3283f7-0016-47a8-9bca-87b5675ef2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).