---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Reduces age from 25 to 18.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Reduces age from 25 to 18.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 250 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Children and Families", "Domestic Relations", "Human Services", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldin", "Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5417ba1-3793-4ef7-86ba-c3ce0dfb9fed"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a40afe1eb9300868961b8d8c8a371fa2018dcf182313d92c1143d848b59867ea"
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 250 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Reduces age from 25 to 18.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **250 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0250A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2021)
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/e5417ba1-3793-4ef7-86ba-c3ce0dfb9fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).