---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE"
description: "Allows foreign trained physicians limited license to practice in Rhode Island under specific conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5108"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5108 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Biah", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Cruz", "Lombardi", "Marszalkowski", "McGaw", "McNamara", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/169e3c1c-cfdd-4b38-b46e-73d874dc6002"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "89a7b8777bfa5c6ce47817e29d3156e2e524373bce6a24c0e6ed582c32bd3982"
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 5108 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE

Allows foreign trained physicians limited license to practice in Rhode Island under specific conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **5108 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5108Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/169e3c1c-cfdd-4b38-b46e-73d874dc6002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).