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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES"
+description: "Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2220"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2220 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8de46077-1718-4fb6-bf79-2540c58561b3"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b98f5b27afcf4e5b0ebb1d772dccf4d4146bdd3988e2bdaecfd07aef1af91dba"
+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 2220 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES
+
+Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2220.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — 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.
+
+- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-06** 03/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/8de46077-1718-4fb6-bf79-2540c58561b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+