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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: "SB 275"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 275 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Labor", "Licenses", "Medical", "Nurses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/371732bd-f89c-4f3b-8fdc-9b46c467d96e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ae9818a367bfa75bc9458460937cc7d71d414f78578c67cacb615cd2419768fc"
+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 275 (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. **275 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0275A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2023)
+- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House 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/371732bd-f89c-4f3b-8fdc-9b46c467d96e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+