---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5191"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5191 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Fees", "Licenses", "Medical", "Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Kazarian", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Noret", "Potter", "Solomon", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8df25a0-708b-4bad-926a-ce07a8a7d874"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9c3e39fcde074fe1b1b2e5c60da819f7d166deba2aa7c5d10703ebdc1b864fb1"
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 5191 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5191.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** 01/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-27** 05/27/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/a8df25a0-708b-4bad-926a-ce07a8a7d874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).