---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS"
description: "Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 266 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "DiMario", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Thompson", "Ujifusa", "Urso", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca2873ec-dbe7-457b-b926-a1e05e252a64"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7f263ffef8a131265fd62f9d479b206624783331ded970ce37ecfb9394e3d4be"
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 266 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS

Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license.

## Version chain

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

1. **266 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0266aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-08** 06/08/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/ca2873ec-dbe7-457b-b926-a1e05e252a64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).