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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (Amends the interstate nurse licensure compact and adopts an enhanced and more comprehensive version of the compact, to allow nurses to hold a multi-state license allowing them to practice across state lines without having to obtain multiple licenses.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (Amends the interstate nurse licensure compact and adopts an enhanced and more comprehensive version of the compact, to allow nurses to hold a multi-state license allowing them to practice across state lines without having to obtain multiple licenses.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5737"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5737 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health & Safety", "Labor", "Licenses", "Nurses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-21"
+last_action: "2023-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b6d6e1-51ac-4fad-a0e8-ab61151868b9"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ca90d92bcc109bd5b1ada4c502cbc78f8d99964e521c3dd28023e304a03c0b5b"
+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 5737 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (Amends the interstate nurse licensure compact and adopts an enhanced and more comprehensive version of the compact, to allow nurses to hold a multi-state license allowing them to practice across state lines without having to obtain multiple licenses.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5737 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5737A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-21** 02/21/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2023)
+- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Meeting postponed (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Meeting postponed (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2023)
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/d2b6d6e1-51ac-4fad-a0e8-ab61151868b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+