republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5669.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)	AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5669	Rhode Island HB 5669 (2017)	bill	Business & Professions Physicians	enacted	Slater	1	18	1	2017-03-01	2017-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/ff6951b1-f712-4372-842a-a2613bfd10b3	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	a4c4e08d7b3a4c60fbb43815c604c820364af24d37cd634053d0add23a68cb30	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5669 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHYSICAL THERAPISTS (Modernizes the definition of physical therapy, the right to use the title of physical therapist and includes practice beyond the scope of physical therapy as a grounds for discipline.)

Version chain

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

1. 5669 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Slater — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-01 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-10 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
• 2017-03-15 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-09 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2017)
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Committee heard
• 2017-09-08 09/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration
• 2017-09-13 09/13/2017 Meeting postponed (09/14/2017)
• 2017-09-13 09/13/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-25 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-09-27 09/27/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff6951b1-f712-4372-842a-a2613bfd10b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).