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Rhode Island / State / 2025 Session

P.L. 2025, ch. 165 and ch. 166 Added the Space Force to the Rhode Island veterans home, burial at public expense and the assistance fund

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Expands benefits Adds the Space Force to the veterans home, burial at public expense and the veterans assistance fund.

Sections 9, 11 and 12 inserted the Space Force into the list of services in 30-17.1-1, 30-24-1, 30-24-10 and 30-25-3, so a Space Force veteran reaches the Bristol home, the veterans assistance fund and burial at public expense on the same terms as the older services. The veterans memorial cemetery provision at 30-25-14 already named it. Worth tracking because a Space Force veteran reading a pre-2025 summary of Rhode Island benefits will find their service missing from the statutory lists.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, House
  2. In committee Done, House Veterans Affairs, then Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, in concurrence
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • AzzinaroSponsor, House
  • HullCo-sponsor, House
  • AbneyCo-sponsor, House
  • ReadCo-sponsor, House
  • FellelaCo-sponsor, House
  • CasimiroCo-sponsor, House
  • SolomonCo-sponsor, House

What it touches

  • R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-17.1-1
  • R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-1
  • R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-24-10
  • R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-25-3

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Official record

Read P.L. 2025, ch. 165 and ch. 166 on the jurisdiction's own record