---
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: "HB 5349"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5349 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Craven", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Felix", "Knight", "McEntee", "Place", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e3974b-c46a-4a1f-8706-61c4e146edbb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6dc8520bb742f05f3833c53950fb4d0e21fe2c55cad30f1ac1552818fe883a5e"
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 5349 (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. **5349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5349.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House 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 recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/22/2025)
- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate 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/47e3974b-c46a-4a1f-8706-61c4e146edbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).