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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: "SB 2867"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2867 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Lawson", "Mack", "McKenney", "Pearson", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-03-22"
+last_action: "2024-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be280ef-8ae3-41ee-a90f-52be8ec44b05"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "32d1423936a0621c56c0f883bc399d3065f4984b12b48e34a8b7e03814e74910"
+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 2867 (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. **2867 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2867Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2024)
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A 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 Sub A 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/4be280ef-8ae3-41ee-a90f-52be8ec44b05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+