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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE - DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE - DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 6217"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 6217 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Holidays", "Veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Casimiro", "Kazarian", "Lombardi", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-05-12"
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last_action: "2017-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0c887b-75f9-4529-bd63-256d4c838c09"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "48887669351a0d964fc6eb6afb903a5c5e40e900d56e3b16600bdac2779d90e3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 6217 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE - DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE (Changes the recognition of Viet Nam Veterans' Day from May 15 to March 29 in order to correspond to the federal observance of this day.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **6217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6217.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Almeida — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2017)
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- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2017)
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- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing (06/21/2017)
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- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-09-22** 09/22/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d0c887b-75f9-4529-bd63-256d4c838c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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