---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS"
description: "Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 618"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 618 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Dimitri", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney", "Ujifusa", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0265e9d8-ef14-446f-9566-a69c2f40f7bb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ac8d5b81b870feb7d38190c911493eb4bb940ef56922588b2c6d6144b3c167c9"
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 618 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS

Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.

## Version chain

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

1. **618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0618.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/0265e9d8-ef14-446f-9566-a69c2f40f7bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).