---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES"
description: "Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2220"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2220 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8de46077-1718-4fb6-bf79-2540c58561b3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b98f5b27afcf4e5b0ebb1d772dccf4d4146bdd3988e2bdaecfd07aef1af91dba"
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 SB 2220 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES

Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer.

## Version chain

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

1. **2220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2220.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** 03/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/8de46077-1718-4fb6-bf79-2540c58561b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).