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type: "Bill"
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.)"
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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2136"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2136 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Courts", "Domestic Relations", "Parental Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Goodwin", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3647276-b911-4c48-8697-4cc5048104bd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6b8305b11b58fcabeecfed1d38b120970dffd74b27c690989c892a9abf2bcd82"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2136Baa.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **670** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **641** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **310** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **310** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **341** (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](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).