---
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).