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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT"
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description: "Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’s ability to pay and at no cost."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2870"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2870 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
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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: "2026-03-04"
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last_action: "2026-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ee58d85-7966-42c4-b94a-12690af876b5"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a50d6f70e64f58d18c11406ebe10972ee5881b31f9ad937172e242974476a103"
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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 SB 2870 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT
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Requires any licensed lab performing blood lead analyses of a child under 6 to be certified by the director and said laboratory must perform this test regardless of the child or child’s parent’s ability to pay and at no cost.
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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. **2870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2870.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Murray — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
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- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/24/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-25** 03/25/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
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- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/3ee58d85-7966-42c4-b94a-12690af876b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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