---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE (Provides that any day(s) when the department of health is closed be excluded from the maximum number of days within which a hearing must be held by the board when a physician or limited registrant's license is suspended without hearing.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE (Provides that any day(s) when the department of health is closed be excluded from the maximum number of days within which a hearing must be held by the board when a physician or limited registrant's license is suspended without hearing.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7935"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7935 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fellela"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b9a894-fda8-4842-a7cc-1099e26f3ee2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "94e7f1664f940e838050977a283896ce82cf73b9c231147c961da01abf5682b2"
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 7935 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE (Provides that any day(s) when the department of health is closed be excluded from the maximum number of days within which a hearing must be held by the board when a physician or limited registrant's license is suspended without hearing.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7935 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7935A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **60–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fellela — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07** 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2022-03-21** 03/21/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/24/2022)
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2022)
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/97b9a894-fda8-4842-a7cc-1099e26f3ee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).