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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- PASSIVE VOLUNTARY ADOPTION MUTUAL CONSENT REGISTRY ACT -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Directs the department of health to provide information regarding the passive voluntary adoption reunion registry on the department of health's website and in the division of vital records.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- PASSIVE VOLUNTARY ADOPTION MUTUAL CONSENT REGISTRY ACT -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Directs the department of health to provide information regarding the passive voluntary adoption reunion registry on the department of health's website and in the division of vital records.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 901"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 901 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Children and Families", "Computer Technology", "Courts", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-14"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/065d3194-fbff-4961-8bbf-c88d8480b845"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "63004f141641d14f6f2f23ef8d7002d4f166c28c38f4e9332e2b894502a02a3e"
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 901 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- PASSIVE VOLUNTARY ADOPTION MUTUAL CONSENT REGISTRY ACT -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Directs the department of health to provide information regarding the passive voluntary adoption reunion registry on the department of health's website and in the division of vital records.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **901** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0901.pdf)
## Votes
- - ADOPTION OF CHILDREN — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Archambault — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 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 Judiciary `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`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/065d3194-fbff-4961-8bbf-c88d8480b845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).