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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS Establishes the Rhode Island orange heart medal to formally recognize Rhode Island veterans whose service exposed them to toxic herbicides, burn pits, or other hazardous agents. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 7094 Rhode Island HB 7094 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 7094 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS

Establishes the Rhode Island orange heart medal to formally recognize Rhode Island veterans whose service exposed them to toxic herbicides, burn pits, or other hazardous agents.

Version chain

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

  1. 7094 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 680 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Azzinaro — primary (person)
  • Corvese — primary (person)
  • Fellela — primary (person)
  • Kennedy — primary (person)
  • McNamara — primary (person)
  • Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
  • Solomon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-14 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-06 02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/10/2026)
  • 2026-02-10 02/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-04-10 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/14/2026)
  • 2026-04-14 04/14/2026 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-24 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-04-28 04/28/2026 House read and passed passage
  • 2026-05-01 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
  • 2026-05-15 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
  • 2026-05-21 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-16 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-19 06/19/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e127de20-b7d2-4b64-919f-13b8bc62ea3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).