---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES"
description: "Provides a duty upon midwives, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to obtain a blood specimen of pregnant women within thirty (30) days after the first professional visit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5613"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5613 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Donovan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be50e042-d7f7-4c47-a619-74248ac0f8af"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d82d05f0d9d2939c3c0e9897f11a146a4147796a99dd2d0d6a95f845d200dfca"
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 5613 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Provides a duty upon midwives, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to obtain a blood specimen of pregnant women within thirty (30) days after the first professional visit.

## Version chain

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

1. **5613 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5613A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2025)
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/be50e042-d7f7-4c47-a619-74248ac0f8af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).