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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Includes in the practice of physical therapy the ordering of diagnostic imaging (x-ray imaging) to be performed by other health care professionals.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Includes in the practice of physical therapy the ordering of diagnostic imaging (x-ray imaging) to be performed by other health care professionals.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 232"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 232 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Physicians", "Therapists"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "E Morgan", "F Lombardi", "Felag", "Lombardo", "Picard", "Quezada", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-07-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1373c9-7011-4b07-9d97-4548685aad3c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "81ec0ae60807d265330214714ad7f3dfb744ad4a65a5d6cffba1c6fc53d3fe3f"
+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 232 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Includes in the practice of physical therapy the ordering of diagnostic imaging (x-ray imaging) to be performed by other health care professionals.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **232 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0232A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- E Morgan — primary (person)
+- F Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2021)
+- **2021-03-22** 03/22/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2021)
+- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-16** 04/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2021)
+- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 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/bf1373c9-7011-4b07-9d97-4548685aad3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+