---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS"
description: "Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7517"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7517 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Baginski", "Brien", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "McNamara", "Noret", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d32a76-e34a-4afa-9c2d-5f2cc8c1fda4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "781afeb105dec3cafb6c377b5f1d2f1bd0b058c2bfc39079e7c93e110d7a1273"
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 7517 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains.

## Version chain

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

1. **7517 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7517A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** 02/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Meeting postponed (02/13/2024)
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2024)
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/d7d32a76-e34a-4afa-9c2d-5f2cc8c1fda4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).