---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- GENETIC COUNSELORS LICENSING ACT (Provides a statutory framework for the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- GENETIC COUNSELORS LICENSING ACT (Provides a statutory framework for the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2205"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2205 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dd71dd1-5786-44fe-8e2a-0551f7091f7f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f72a35ff0a7f92a8d2cb3a44d33587b78ab3333b48fa9bd4a32bdba7127cf1cf"
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 SB 2205 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- GENETIC COUNSELORS LICENSING ACT (Provides a statutory framework for the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2205 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2205A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–9** (pass) · upper
- LICENSING ACT — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2022)
- **2022-03-08** 03/08/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/9dd71dd1-5786-44fe-8e2a-0551f7091f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).