---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COUNSELING COMPACT"
description: "Adopts a counseling compact for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses governed and administrated by commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2183"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2183 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Pearson", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc69126b-70a7-4658-83cd-4d522523ba87"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "40c0e3285265f56417577a973a6f0854d9d50f7c9118f96f1cc569f172ebb1bd"
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 2183 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- COUNSELING COMPACT

Adopts a counseling compact for the interstate practice of licensed professional counselors by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses governed and administrated by commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **2183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2183.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — 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`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2024)
- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 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/bc69126b-70a7-4658-83cd-4d522523ba87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).