AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Removes the word “war” from the sentence “honorable discharged war veteran.”)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Apr 30, 2021
Signed Jun 11, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2021
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
May 11, 2021
D
Democratic31
93% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Jun 11, 2021
Signed into law
06/11/2021 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
06/08/2021 House passed in concurrence
lower
May 17, 2021
Legislature · Passed
05/17/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
May 12, 2021
Committee
05/12/2021 Referred to House Veterans Affairs
lower
May 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
05/11/2021 Senate read and passed
upper
May 5, 2021
Legislature · Passed
05/05/2021 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 30, 2021
Introduced
04/30/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Walter Felag
DDemocratic
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