---
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: "SB 2105"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2105 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries", "Death", "Military Affairs", "Newport", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e7f25aa-d65c-4178-bf4b-34277c763a4a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "60ec4917d6d4e491d996d04c9eb92b9616d59c2c3e83f5366a554da578f78e2c"
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 2105 (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. **2105 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2105A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** 01/18/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2018)
- **2018-02-07** 02/07/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/11/2018)
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **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/5e7f25aa-d65c-4178-bf4b-34277c763a4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).