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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6489"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6489 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Human Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Handy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-06-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c63b7a3-5846-4083-bac8-4dc120ca6f97"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4867b74b89d0f61d0e654fbbc2515fb03a651edbb5f4b11220f7f42ed8b5e8ef"
+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 6489 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6489.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **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/1c63b7a3-5846-4083-bac8-4dc120ca6f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+