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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS"
+description: "Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5557"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5557 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Alzate", "Baginski", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Perez", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/048f4ac6-3dd1-4cc8-a383-15b4ddc85443"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c5ba3262fb43f3202a12b936babb5f46f69315d3b86fb55d84c6900dc7d922b8"
+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 5557 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS
+
+Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5557 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5557A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2025)
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/048f4ac6-3dd1-4cc8-a383-15b4ddc85443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+