---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GENETIC INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT"
description: "Requires a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, as defined, to provide a consumer with certain information regarding the company’s policies and procedures regarding use of genetic data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2203"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2203 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "Gu", "Urso", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17ee064-bb50-4c57-a203-68af7d23ab3c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "20c8c4db947dc992359e5c292ef3487fdc51498c0b8a51e3b27461ff9060ffb5"
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 2203 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GENETIC INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT

Requires a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, as defined, to provide a consumer with certain information regarding the company’s policies and procedures regarding use of genetic data.

## Version chain

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

1. **2203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2203.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2026)
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/05/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/d17ee064-bb50-4c57-a203-68af7d23ab3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).