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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS Provides that public historical vital records maintained by the state archives shall not be amended. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2025 HB 5871 Rhode Island HB 5871 (2025)
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Rhode Island HB 5871 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS

Provides that public historical vital records maintained by the state archives shall not be amended.

Version chain

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

  1. 5871 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 690 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Cortvriend — primary (person)
  • Dawson — primary (person)
  • Handy — primary (person)
  • McGaw — primary (person)
  • Shanley — primary (person)
  • Tanzi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-28 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-28 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
  • 2025-03-06 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-03-14 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2025)
  • 2025-03-18 03/18/2025 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-04 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/08/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-04-08 04/08/2025 House read and passed passage
  • 2025-05-02 05/02/2025 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 in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-20 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2025-06-27 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-07-02 07/02/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6030a6d0-f7ac-4b7b-a70a-aa071136a6c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).