---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS"
description: "Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5158"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5158 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Hull", "Nardone", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27671778-daa9-4ebc-8716-ed84bab6b26c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "beb57e7650fc92bed7c55c78af94c33a171d4cb2b488918bf6e3a52f61dd3a2e"
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 5158 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS

Repeals the examination requirement in order to qualify for a clinical social workers license.

## Version chain

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

1. **5158 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5158Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2025)
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 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`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/27671778-daa9-4ebc-8716-ed84bab6b26c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).