---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words \"moral turpitude\" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words \"moral turpitude\" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1001"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1001 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Code of Ethics", "Licenses", "Miscellaneous"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-30"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3540250-788e-437d-b9c2-8deaaac7718d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dea846e5031b6ecdd855c7e93464b9af18c0b6a13be45edd8d9ff9978840507a"
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 1001 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words "moral turpitude" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S1001.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/c3540250-788e-437d-b9c2-8deaaac7718d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).