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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 2136"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2136 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Adoption", "Courts", "Domestic Relations", "Parental Rights"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Goodwin", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "Nesselbush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-22"
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last_action: "2020-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3647276-b911-4c48-8697-4cc5048104bd"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "6b8305b11b58fcabeecfed1d38b120970dffd74b27c690989c892a9abf2bcd82"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **2136 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2136Baa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · upper
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- AS AMENDED — **64–1** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage as Amended — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- In Concurrence — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Conley — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Nesselbush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-22** 01/22/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-31** 01/31/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2020)
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- **2020-02-03** 02/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
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- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/11/2020)
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- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2020-02-12** 02/12/2020 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-02** 07/02/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/07/2020)
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- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
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- **2020-07-07** 07/07/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-21** 07/21/2020 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3647276-b911-4c48-8697-4cc5048104bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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