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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE LADDERS TO LICENSURE PROGRAM"
+description: "Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professional licensure."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 8078"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8078 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Ajello", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Kislak", "Lombardi", "McNamara", "Shallcross Smith", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-15"
+last_action: "2024-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3df54f4-8c9e-470d-8ab8-19ea8545dffe"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e1d768db5543e37f3addb3524eeac0b92347dc62c7afd253b51caf592e5be109"
+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 8078 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- THE LADDERS TO LICENSURE PROGRAM
+
+Implements a grant program to fund public or private partnerships that provide opportunities for healthcare paraprofessionals to pursue higher education degrees and health professional licensure.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8078 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8078aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing (05/01/2024)
+- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/c3df54f4-8c9e-470d-8ab8-19ea8545dffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+