---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES"
description: "Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice, before taking and receiving results of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7826"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7826 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Dawson", "Fenton-Fung", "Finkelman", "Kislak"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/179445ff-5efb-443a-b9fd-fa372760cff0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "39bf633ab7086d36dd5fe6b6bf2b06790b4bb951fd0170c6035800dca066967f"
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 7826 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES

Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice, before taking and receiving results of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).

## Version chain

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

1. **7826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7826.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **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/179445ff-5efb-443a-b9fd-fa372760cff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).