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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT"
+description: "Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’s ability to pay and at no cost."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7191"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7191 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Chippendale", "Hull", "Nardone", "Phillips", "Place", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-21"
+last_action: "2026-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45d46f0a-c965-4235-aa97-ae25924b853c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6cbd82261386c3de5a80148d545ef4119aaa7221972defbc1592cb1c56b02224"
+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 7191 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT
+
+Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’s ability to pay and at no cost.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7191 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7191A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Nardone — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-21** 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/10/2026)
+- **2026-02-10** 02/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/45d46f0a-c965-4235-aa97-ae25924b853c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+