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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 uniform 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 uniform 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: "HB 7541"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7541 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children and Families", "Domestic Relations", "Health & Safety", "Minors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Craven", "Mattiello", "McEntee", "Shekarchi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-02-12"
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last_action: "2020-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53e9051b-b95a-4adc-9338-7d201fa58ebe"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "cd15df27544ff5f058c35188b773be6bf293744abbfe5eff6c69750eae42b3e9"
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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 HB 7541 (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 uniform 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. **7541 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7541Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **67–1** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **66–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Mattiello — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Shekarchi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-12** 02/12/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** 02/17/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2020)
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- **2020-02-26** 02/26/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2020-07-02** 07/02/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/07/2020)
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- **2020-07-02** 07/02/2020 Proposed Substitute
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- **2020-07-07** 07/07/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 A 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 A 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/53e9051b-b95a-4adc-9338-7d201fa58ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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