---
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: "HB 5226"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5226 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Children and Families", "Domestic Relations", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McEntee", "Shekarchi", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d2c87f-c017-4e7f-969a-39181f7e22bd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f675860b55bcc7332e0fea6dcb5353b84287ee7089a0efddcc7b48fa8ee081e1"
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 5226 (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. **5226 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5226A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** 01/25/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2023)
- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **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/72d2c87f-c017-4e7f-969a-39181f7e22bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).