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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5374.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS (Permits clinical laboratories to conduct its own analysis of specimens for the detection of HIV/AIDS instead of sending the specimens to the department of health.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS (Permits clinical laboratories to conduct its own analysis of specimens for the detection of HIV/AIDS instead of sending the specimens to the department of health.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5374"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5374 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Aids", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Medical"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8181ee73-e82b-44d7-93f9-21104524f089"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a292ef257796fb02f13776c30b8cd3457d8c68ff56b4d05ed869a5248cd6b2e1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5374 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS (Permits clinical laboratories to conduct its own analysis of specimens for the detection of HIV/AIDS instead of sending the specimens to the department of health.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5374.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2021)
+- **2021-03-01** 03/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2021)
+- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2021)
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8181ee73-e82b-44d7-93f9-21104524f089`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+