republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2025/sb-625.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNIFORM AERONAUTICAL REGULATORY ACT	Adds “space force” to the branches of the military included in various sections of general law regarding the veterans home, veterans cemetery and the power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgements.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2025	SB 625	Rhode Island SB 625 (2025)	bill		enacted	Ciccone Felag LaMountain Lauria Raptakis Thompson	1	22	3	2025-03-06	2025-06-24	openstates	ocd-bill/88f07511-55be-4ab4-a847-b78a93806a5e	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	ca1ffe8801c05a5de7d68b057b3379a6d1b49a93efd8a2b6ededab2044122c23	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 625 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO AERONAUTICS -- UNIFORM AERONAUTICAL REGULATORY ACT

Adds “space force” to the branches of the military included in various sections of general law regarding the veterans home, veterans cemetery and the power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgements.

Version chain

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

1. 625 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ciccone — primary (person)
• Felag — primary (person)
• LaMountain — primary (person)
• Lauria — primary (person)
• Raptakis — primary (person)
• Thompson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-06 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
• 2025-04-09 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2025-04-18 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
• 2025-04-21 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
• 2025-04-25 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
• 2025-04-30 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) reading-3
• 2025-05-08 05/08/2025 Senate read and passed passage
• 2025-05-09 05/09/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections referral-committee
• 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration
• 2025-06-09 06/09/2025 Meeting postponed (06/12/2025)
• 2025-06-09 06/09/2025 Committee transferred to House Veterans Affairs
• 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
• 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2025-06-12 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-13 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) reading-3
• 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A passage
• 2025-06-17 06/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) reading-3
• 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A 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; origin ocd-bill/88f07511-55be-4ab4-a847-b78a93806a5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).