republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-6079.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NONDISCRIMINATION IN ACCESS TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT (ISAAC'S LAW) (Prohibits discrimination against a potential organ transplant recipient based solely on a physical or mental disability.)	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NONDISCRIMINATION IN ACCESS TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT (ISAAC'S LAW) (Prohibits discrimination against a potential organ transplant recipient based solely on a physical or mental disability.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 6079	Rhode Island HB 6079 (2021)	bill	Equal Rights/Discrimination Handicapped Health & Safety Mental Health Organ Donation	enacted	Alzate Baginski Barros Diaz Giraldo McGaw Morales Potter Tobon	1	14	1	2021-03-03	2021-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/8fd30973-1ca7-4abc-8366-343a49cdbd5e	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	f01056972e0cd63c7ecff83b15b19819aa0196e3f8bbde6324131d1adec3867f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 6079 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NONDISCRIMINATION IN ACCESS TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT (ISAAC'S LAW) (Prohibits discrimination against a potential organ transplant recipient based solely on a physical or mental disability.)

Version chain

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

1. 6079 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alzate — primary (person)
• Baginski — primary (person)
• Barros — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Giraldo — primary (person)
• McGaw — primary (person)
• Morales — primary (person)
• Potter — primary (person)
• Tobon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-03 03/03/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2021)
• 2021-03-30 03/30/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
• 2021-06-10 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
• 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-06-17 06/17/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
• 2021-06-21 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-26 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8fd30973-1ca7-4abc-8366-343a49cdbd5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).