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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5191"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5191 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Fees", "Licenses", "Medical", "Prescription drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Kazarian", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Noret", "Potter", "Solomon", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-19"
+last_action: "2023-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8df25a0-708b-4bad-926a-ce07a8a7d874"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9c3e39fcde074fe1b1b2e5c60da819f7d166deba2aa7c5d10703ebdc1b864fb1"
+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 HB 5191 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5191.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-19** 01/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
+- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-27** 05/27/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/a8df25a0-708b-4bad-926a-ce07a8a7d874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+