---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 255 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Fees", "Health & Safety", "Licenses", "Medical"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8f9f8bf-ec68-4130-8fd4-ddaa05c33759"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e1d3b00a5ef73ce13611523eaa4f4f7ab5cdda9ba5f268193303b2080a940b42"
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 255 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES (Provides that starting December 2024, renewal fee for a pharmacist shall not be more than $250, that fee for nonresident pharmacy license not be less than $625 and pharmacy intern licenses valid for 5 years and technician licenses valid for 2 years.)

## Version chain

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

1. **255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0255.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/18/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/c8f9f8bf-ec68-4130-8fd4-ddaa05c33759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).