---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Extends authority of physical therapists to order x-rays until December 31, 2025.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Extends authority of physical therapists to order x-rays until December 31, 2025.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 101 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health & Safety", "Labor", "Medical", "Therapists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "F. Lombardi", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Miller", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b702fbdf-9f84-44bc-af10-050f874d5c07"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "49eae9a38294efb72d0ca407eb1c14d3c9dac65dec47fc39ebda8ebba6e67f64"
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 101 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Extends authority of physical therapists to order x-rays until December 31, 2025.)

## Version chain

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

1. **101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0101.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2023)
- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/b702fbdf-9f84-44bc-af10-050f874d5c07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).