---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 742"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 742 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Physicians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Fogarty", "Lombardi", "Nesselbush", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-12"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3587389-4f06-40cd-8ae3-cabf4855bf3c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "43ba7585729ae655a05335905de2cdeaebfb3b0f3465d8e386943806eb874680"
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 742 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)

## Version chain

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

1. **742 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0742A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- In Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 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 (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-17** 06/17/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/b3587389-4f06-40cd-8ae3-cabf4855bf3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).