---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT (Authorizes the governor to enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact and designates an office to administer this compact.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT (Authorizes the governor to enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact and designates an office to administer this compact.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7501"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7501 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88eaa40a-67fd-4c08-828c-e3e286a5e97a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bca0a8104193c593101ee06fe9c518ce3d1d5f7fd5a2f6db9affe3f95f3293e8"
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 HB 7501 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT (Authorizes the governor to enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact and designates an office to administer this compact.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7501.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/88eaa40a-67fd-4c08-828c-e3e286a5e97a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).