---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE"
description: "Allows foreign trained physicians limited license to practice in Rhode Island under specific conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 347"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 347 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Murray", "Quezada", "Thompson", "Urso", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d98d18bd-8673-4c95-90a4-c1838baa1f64"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "531cec5a0b6e453f430a480ab5d76d6af960124c909e35a97e34bb51e28aabb3"
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 347 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE

Allows foreign trained physicians limited license to practice in Rhode Island under specific conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **347 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0347Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025)
- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-08** 06/08/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/d98d18bd-8673-4c95-90a4-c1838baa1f64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).