---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS"
description: "Provides that a person eighteen (18) years or older could request that his or her race be modified or amended on their birth certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5714"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5714 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Felix", "Furtado", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Stewart", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1098158-93b1-4b47-a328-160307507891"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "51e12c2e4cc0cc3c86dc21fb54bc0d50f1ff8f8fed24bf72885cf9099748bf2e"
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 5714 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS

Provides that a person eighteen (18) years or older could request that his or her race be modified or amended on their birth certificate.

## Version chain

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

1. **5714 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5714A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/d1098158-93b1-4b47-a328-160307507891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).