---
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: "SB 2870"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2870 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ee58d85-7966-42c4-b94a-12690af876b5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a50d6f70e64f58d18c11406ebe10972ee5881b31f9ad937172e242974476a103"
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 2870 (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. **2870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2870.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/24/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-03-25** 03/25/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed 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/3ee58d85-7966-42c4-b94a-12690af876b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).