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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2177"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2177 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Britto", "Burke", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lauria"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/948ee87b-6967-4163-b36f-c0e6ae750f86"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "434ad771670430dc09b06639d55bb0017c8913e5971dd9fdfe04a24b582cd588"
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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 2177 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DECORATIONS
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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.
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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. **2177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2177.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appollonio — primary (person)
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2026)
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- **2026-03-11** 03/11/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
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- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/948ee87b-6967-4163-b36f-c0e6ae750f86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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