---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT"
description: "Allows for the enactment of the dietitian licensure compact permitting a licensed dietitian from another state to become licensed within the state, and also permitting a dietitian licensed by the state to become licensed in another compact state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5067"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5067 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Donovan", "McNamara", "Morales", "Noret", "Read", "Serpa", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74d249d1-0444-458f-b87c-799bc4c7ac16"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4cbd794b79b04ee99ba17b97234c31efcd06f1f94e440b61ca6f940d1555c82b"
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 5067 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT

Allows for the enactment of the dietitian licensure compact permitting a licensed dietitian from another state to become licensed within the state, and also permitting a dietitian licensed by the state to become licensed in another compact state.

## Version chain

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

1. **5067 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5067aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74d249d1-0444-458f-b87c-799bc4c7ac16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).