---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE OF NATUROPATHY ACT OF 2017 (Establishes procedures for the licensing of naturopathic physicians, and defines the practice of naturopathic medicine.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE OF NATUROPATHY ACT OF 2017 (Establishes procedures for the licensing of naturopathic physicians, and defines the practice of naturopathic medicine.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 327 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Licenses", "Business & Professions", "Medical", "Physicians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/173caaab-f004-4eeb-930c-8e28ddd54b3d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4091a71a97d6bd380250f462bbdab6e89028b1b057a3da62e73000136979b227"
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 327 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE OF NATUROPATHY ACT OF 2017 (Establishes procedures for the licensing of naturopathic physicians, and defines the practice of naturopathic medicine.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **327 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0327A.pdf)

## Votes

- RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2017)
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2017)
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/173caaab-f004-4eeb-930c-8e28ddd54b3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).