---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE RHODE ISLAND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION"
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE RHODE ISLAND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8317"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8317 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-29"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e97e6d2-d443-449c-9b4a-4d103781472b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2a5463bf1df352f0edcc0ba6cca490c001c5452d6989b4f0e55fdf01df315005"
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 8317 (2024) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE RHODE ISLAND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

## Version chain

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

1. **8317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8317.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e97e6d2-d443-449c-9b4a-4d103781472b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).