---
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: "SB 67"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 67 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "State Affairs", "Waters and Navigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Bell", "Burke", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Mack", "McCaffrey", "Murray", "Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9570f127-a752-4354-80e2-d487cb57f35d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8aae3279dc329e388b9b9adb0bd7ebaf0897e796039d11fc0c07d9d35a8aba54"
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 67 (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. **67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0067.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2021)
- **2021-03-03** 03/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/06/2021)
- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2021)
- **2021-05-24** 05/24/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 House 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/9570f127-a752-4354-80e2-d487cb57f35d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).