---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSING OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS"
description: "Changes the name of \"applied behavior assistant analyst\" to \"assistant applied behavior analyst\" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 790"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 790 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a0d1174-2c7a-4a34-b732-2c7de0412286"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "05d1a91c137a903181511fe733357a6db124afac190ac66d5a2f08fba5c8b05b"
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 790 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSING OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS

Changes the name of "applied behavior assistant analyst" to "assistant applied behavior analyst" and makes several changes to provide consistency in the certification language for behavioral analysts.

## Version chain

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

1. **790** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0790.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/8a0d1174-2c7a-4a34-b732-2c7de0412286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).