---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Creates a new section which provides a streamlined adoption process for children born through assisted reproduction and who need adoption to confirm, not establish, their legal parentage to protect them against discrimination in all jurisdictions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Creates a new section which provides a streamlined adoption process for children born through assisted reproduction and who need adoption to confirm, not establish, their legal parentage to protect them against discrimination in all jurisdictions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 121"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 121 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Children and Families", "Domestic Relations", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Euer", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Mack", "McKenney", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1488b787-ad9f-4961-9ea9-f2fc3e7c4898"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "24d9ec101bd7e6e0fc79b187a30c2716d8f6ac3f2ae99a8d7e68afff06ee02ca"
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 121 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Creates a new section which provides a streamlined adoption process for children born through assisted reproduction and who need adoption to confirm, not establish, their legal parentage to protect them against discrimination in all jurisdictions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **121 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0121A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **65–6** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/1488b787-ad9f-4961-9ea9-f2fc3e7c4898`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).