---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Includes in the practice of physical therapy the ordering of diagnostic imaging (x-ray imaging) to be performed by other health care professionals.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Includes in the practice of physical therapy the ordering of diagnostic imaging (x-ray imaging) to be performed by other health care professionals.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 232 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Physicians", "Therapists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "E Morgan", "F Lombardi", "Felag", "Lombardo", "Picard", "Quezada", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1373c9-7011-4b07-9d97-4548685aad3c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "81ec0ae60807d265330214714ad7f3dfb744ad4a65a5d6cffba1c6fc53d3fe3f"
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 232 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Includes in the practice of physical therapy the ordering of diagnostic imaging (x-ray imaging) to be performed by other health care professionals.)

## Version chain

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

1. **232 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0232A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- E Morgan — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2021)
- **2021-03-22** 03/22/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** 04/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 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/bf1373c9-7011-4b07-9d97-4548685aad3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).