---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Authorizes a licensed physical therapist to perform physical therapy services to a student while in school without a prescription or referral, in accordance with the student's IEP or IFSP.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Authorizes a licensed physical therapist to perform physical therapy services to a student while in school without a prescription or referral, in accordance with the student's IEP or IFSP.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2328"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2328 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lombardo", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07559adf-d4b0-4aba-a691-e26871f5bf86"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7069388068812c715af5b311a5a1ed73f3287b02bff26e3a087c6e5bf7448b50"
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 2328 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Authorizes a licensed physical therapist to perform physical therapy services to a student while in school without a prescription or referral, in accordance with the student's IEP or IFSP.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2328.pdf)

## Votes

- THERAPISTS — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** 02/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2022)
- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/08/2022)
- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/15/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** 03/16/2022 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/07559adf-d4b0-4aba-a691-e26871f5bf86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).