---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS"
description: "Permits physical therapists to continue to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy beyond December 31, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6060"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6060 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Baginski", "Bennett", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Chippendale", "Hopkins", "Hull", "McNamara", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/222b4988-c111-4a59-a824-173af8a91b7b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "73c5a248690f0db8eba7167a630d61757a8e56b2df8647b6f8f96f17447f1228"
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 6060 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS

Permits physical therapists to continue to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy beyond December 31, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **6060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6060.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025)
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/222b4988-c111-4a59-a824-173af8a91b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).