---
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 service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2876"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2876 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Gu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c038fa6-1a13-4798-bef6-3f663dfd55ba"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3f1320b04dbc27bc90195a2662267efa46f5d6a9ff2fd5880e01082fb49b9970"
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 2876 (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 service

## Version chain

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

1. **2876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2876.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2024)
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 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`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House 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/6c038fa6-1a13-4798-bef6-3f663dfd55ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).