---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT"
description: "Repeals the July 1, 2025, sunset provision of the interstate medical licensure act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2181"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2181 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b2de067-27f1-404b-85d0-d507a065c755"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fb686ec09d98e57efb19c5dd7405eeced1bfd89c160d2b1d356349471bfef784"
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 2181 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT

Repeals the July 1, 2025, sunset provision of the interstate medical licensure act.

## Version chain

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

1. **2181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2181.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2024)
- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2024)
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/0b2de067-27f1-404b-85d0-d507a065c755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).