---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE COMPACT"
description: "Adopts model legislation facilitating the interstate practice of regulated social workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7350"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7350 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Morales", "Potter", "Serpa", "Speakman", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dfc6269-01ef-4747-ae97-c9646b2315bf"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4efb19f72fadedd4288eb2de6616daa02e6e6fb7231aac08ef87fa0c358c22d1"
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 7350 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE COMPACT

Adopts model legislation facilitating the interstate practice of regulated social workers.

## Version chain

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

1. **7350 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7350A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** 01/31/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2024)
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A 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/7dfc6269-01ef-4747-ae97-c9646b2315bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).