republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-246.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	SB 246	Rhode Island SB 246 (2021)	bill	Equal Rights/Discrimination Handicapped Health & Safety Mental Health Organ Donation	enacted	Acosta Bell Calkin Kallman Mack Mendes Miller Quezada Valverde	1	14	1	2021-02-10	2021-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a8240192-9310-4d26-a833-b3a231d34a28	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	324aca7a9e5c4fd15575a87ca3e8924e3847e0417ac9f5611676792a2e97818c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 246 (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. 246 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• TRANSPLANT ACT (ISAAC'S LAW) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Acosta — primary (person)
• Bell — primary (person)
• Calkin — primary (person)
• Kallman — primary (person)
• Mack — primary (person)
• Mendes — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-23 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2021)
• 2021-04-26 04/26/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-14 06/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
• 2021-06-17 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
• 2021-06-22 06/22/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 House 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/a8240192-9310-4d26-a833-b3a231d34a28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).