---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES"
description: "Permits a nurse who has the appropriate knowledge, credentials and clinical competency, to provide home services foot care, which includes routine foot and nail care, as well as implementing a plan of care that includes hygiene and fingernails."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7029"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7029 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Boylan", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Hopkins", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78736590-2c83-44c1-9dcd-70aae4490ae0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c13f4c2bac3a382569232c85389c2890a030ab56510ab3c0a0d2217799079404"
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 7029 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES

Permits a nurse who has the appropriate knowledge, credentials and clinical competency, to provide home services foot care, which includes routine foot and nail care, as well as implementing a plan of care that includes hygiene and fingernails.

## Version chain

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

1. **7029 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7029A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/10/2026)
- **2026-02-10** 02/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Meeting postponed (03/24/2026)
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Meeting postponed (03/24/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/30/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-30** 03/30/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-04-13** 04/13/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** 04/13/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/16/2026)
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 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/78736590-2c83-44c1-9dcd-70aae4490ae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).