---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MILITARY SPOUSE LICENSURE (Provides for improving license portability for military service members and their spouses who are relocated to Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MILITARY SPOUSE LICENSURE (Provides for improving license portability for military service members and their spouses who are relocated to Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5335"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5335 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Domestic Relations", "Licenses", "Military Affairs", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nardone", "Place", "Rea", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bd97162-0722-4770-9fdc-2951395c85d5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "49be097e853d4f6e9c24aca77084515fe0e0e792cedf47bdf2cf01daee2cc1b6"
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 5335 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- MILITARY SPOUSE LICENSURE (Provides for improving license portability for military service members and their spouses who are relocated to Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5335 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5335aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nardone — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Rea — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-08-30** 08/30/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-30** 08/30/2023 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/4bd97162-0722-4770-9fdc-2951395c85d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).