---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS"
description: "Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5557"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5557 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Alzate", "Baginski", "Casimiro", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Perez", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/048f4ac6-3dd1-4cc8-a383-15b4ddc85443"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c5ba3262fb43f3202a12b936babb5f46f69315d3b86fb55d84c6900dc7d922b8"
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 5557 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS

Establishes prevailing standards and procedures for licensing speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **5557 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5557A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/048f4ac6-3dd1-4cc8-a383-15b4ddc85443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).