---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 565"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 565 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health & Safety", "Human Services", "Labor", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Gallo", "Mack", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/049ff34f-8150-4447-9cc6-641e3d5eec40"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5b2b259f08b4223d2ae6895e7cffa5663738ba048eab947d3ba4e3bb369be981"
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 565 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS (Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0565.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 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`
- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/049ff34f-8150-4447-9cc6-641e3d5eec40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).