---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT"
description: "Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7213"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7213 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/671d02a2-8717-4ef4-95b9-4bfe3a05b548"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "648eb6bae8d18e960af200db79316433f9b7d7a28c4a0e1e2151a0e3a48e043b"
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 7213 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT

Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.

## Version chain

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

1. **7213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7213.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** 01/18/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2024)
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2024)
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/671d02a2-8717-4ef4-95b9-4bfe3a05b548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).