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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2876.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT"
+description: "Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy service"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2876"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2876 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Gu"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-22"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c038fa6-1a13-4798-bef6-3f663dfd55ba"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3f1320b04dbc27bc90195a2662267efa46f5d6a9ff2fd5880e01082fb49b9970"
+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 2876 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT
+
+Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy service
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2876.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2024)
+- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed 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/6c038fa6-1a13-4798-bef6-3f663dfd55ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+