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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS"
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description: "Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 618"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 618 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Dimitri", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney", "Ujifusa", "Zurier"]
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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: "2025-03-06"
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last_action: "2025-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0265e9d8-ef14-446f-9566-a69c2f40f7bb"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "ac8d5b81b870feb7d38190c911493eb4bb940ef56922588b2c6d6144b3c167c9"
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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 618 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS
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Provides an exemption for certain incarcerated persons from the payment of fees for a first request for vital statistics from the department of health.
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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. **618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0618.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Dimitri — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Ujifusa — primary (person)
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- Zurier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
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- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/0265e9d8-ef14-446f-9566-a69c2f40f7bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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