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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT"
+description: "Creates the occupational therapy licensure compact that would allow licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in all states that join the compact."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7945"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7945 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Alzate", "Bennett", "Edwards", "McNamara", "Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-03-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/058dd375-ee70-463e-a76c-6b1da9dd1a46"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e26bc00d061d4dcb94ce1ca476185f0af617b22114fc5be9e9e687995174b35b"
+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 7945 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT
+
+Creates the occupational therapy licensure compact that would allow licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to practice in all states that join the compact.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7945 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7945A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
+- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/058dd375-ee70-463e-a76c-6b1da9dd1a46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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