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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: "SB 108"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 108 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Aids", "Health & Safety", "Medical", "State Departments"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-26"
+last_action: "2021-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6ceaa43-1a4f-4e67-bbb2-d9b2f8901c75"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "76bc272a6dd7818fd4ad53a31e719c192dd2215fac97e876ce744387322ab1fb"
+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 SB 108 (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. **108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0108.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
+- HIV/AIDS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
+- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-12** 02/12/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/23/2021)
+- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 House 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/c6ceaa43-1a4f-4e67-bbb2-d9b2f8901c75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+