---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS"
description: "Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 and allows the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this chapter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5348"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5348 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Craven", "Cruz", "Felix", "Furtado", "McGaw", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56264cd0-2672-4e78-adf1-819090fe7735"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9aae165ac83171614353529ee82d2873f16693da817168c19c2557bf8dcf4fd8"
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 5348 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS

Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 and allows the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this chapter.

## Version chain

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

1. **5348 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5348A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56264cd0-2672-4e78-adf1-819090fe7735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).