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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: "SB 565"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 565 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health & Safety", "Human Services", "Labor", "Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Gallo", "Mack", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/049ff34f-8150-4447-9cc6-641e3d5eec40"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5b2b259f08b4223d2ae6895e7cffa5663738ba048eab947d3ba4e3bb369be981"
+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 565 (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. **565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0565.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 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`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 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/049ff34f-8150-4447-9cc6-641e3d5eec40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+