---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the name of Gold Star Parents Day to Gold Star Family Day.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the name of Gold Star Parents Day to Gold Star Family Day.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6094"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6094 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Fellela", "Serpa", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-09"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f5bff38-41a6-4158-ae2d-3148b7bc0c3f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a430be0dff894769051b520cdd7acf41451eb9d41aab7fed8ea1eaffd43bf47b"
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 6094 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the name of Gold Star Parents Day to Gold Star Family Day.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6094** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6094.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/1f5bff38-41a6-4158-ae2d-3148b7bc0c3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).