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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"
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description: "Provides that the fifth day in April in each year be designated as \"Rhode Island Gold Star Spouses Day\" with appropriate exercises in public places and with flags flown at half-staff over the state house."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2126"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2126 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Raptakis", "Tikoian", "Ujifusa"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-12"
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last_action: "2024-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dbc9143-57a2-483c-914f-de4b55334e7d"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "cad8df97760fd0cecf876555f4a945ab643cb769d5537a2d956769f5d8d72ee7"
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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 SB 2126 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE
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Provides that the fifth day in April in each year be designated as "Rhode Island Gold Star Spouses Day" with appropriate exercises in public places and with flags flown at half-staff over the state house.
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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. **2126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2126.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Lombardo — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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- Ujifusa — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
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- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/02/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
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- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 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/3dbc9143-57a2-483c-914f-de4b55334e7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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