---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT"
description: "Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’s ability to pay and at no cost."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7191"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7191 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Chippendale", "Hull", "Nardone", "Phillips", "Place", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45d46f0a-c965-4235-aa97-ae25924b853c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6cbd82261386c3de5a80148d545ef4119aaa7221972defbc1592cb1c56b02224"
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 7191 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT

Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’s ability to pay and at no cost.

## Version chain

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

1. **7191 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7191A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/10/2026)
- **2026-02-10** 02/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/45d46f0a-c965-4235-aa97-ae25924b853c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).