---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (This act would designate \"Northern Star Coral\" as the official state coral.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (This act would designate \"Northern Star Coral\" as the official state coral.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5415"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5415 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Miscellaneous", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McGaw", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17377ff1-f85b-4c22-a153-142ba8db31fa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "563415ca8ea4f506526f350b214246aa76d506c432261e603a712b515a32c968"
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 5415 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (This act would designate "Northern Star Coral" as the official state coral.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5415.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/22/2021)
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2021)
- **2021-03-08** 03/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2021)
- **2021-05-10** 05/10/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 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/17377ff1-f85b-4c22-a153-142ba8db31fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).