---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2497"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2497 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bell", "Cano", "DiMario", "F Lombardi", "Gallo", "Lawson", "Seveney", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d1ca069-20a1-44b9-9482-3fd5de6d9047"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "468d267248b47da8fd0523d639401e45057460826fdd477a56bd475a54472c61"
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 2497 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE EMBLEMS (Provides that trilobite be designated the state fossil.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2497.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d1ca069-20a1-44b9-9482-3fd5de6d9047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).