republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2020/sb-2136.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- UNIFORM LAW ON PATERNITY -- UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT (Repeals current state law regarding paternity and replaces it with a more comprehensive parentage act that provides procedures establishing parentage, genetic testing, surrogacy agreements and assisted reproduction.)	AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- UNIFORM LAW ON PATERNITY -- UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT (Repeals current state law regarding paternity and replaces it with a more comprehensive parentage act that provides procedures establishing parentage, genetic testing, surrogacy agreements and assisted reproduction.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2020	SB 2136	Rhode Island SB 2136 (2020)	bill	Adoption Courts Domestic Relations Parental Rights	enacted	Conley Goodwin Lynch Prata McCaffrey Nesselbush	1	16	5	2020-01-22	2020-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/c3647276-b911-4c48-8697-4cc5048104bd	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	6b8305b11b58fcabeecfed1d38b120970dffd74b27c690989c892a9abf2bcd82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2136 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- UNIFORM LAW ON PATERNITY -- UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT (Repeals current state law regarding paternity and replaces it with a more comprehensive parentage act that provides procedures establishing parentage, genetic testing, surrogacy agreements and assisted reproduction.)

Version chain

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

1. 2136 SUB B as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 67–0 (pass) · upper
• AS AMENDED — 64–1 (pass) · upper
• Approval of Amendment — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• In Concurrence — 34–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Conley — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Lynch Prata — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Nesselbush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-22 01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 01/31/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2020)
• 2020-02-03 02/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
• 2020-02-04 02/04/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-05 02/05/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/11/2020)
• 2020-02-11 02/11/2020 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2020-02-12 02/12/2020 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-07-02 07/02/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/07/2020)
• 2020-07-03 07/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
• 2020-07-07 07/07/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-14 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
• 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
• 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence passage
• 2020-07-17 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-21 07/21/2020 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3647276-b911-4c48-8697-4cc5048104bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).