republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-742.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	SB 742	Rhode Island SB 742 (2017)	bill	Business & Professions Physicians	enacted	Crowley Fogarty Lombardi Nesselbush Quezada	1	16	3	2017-04-12	2017-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b3587389-4f06-40cd-8ae3-cabf4855bf3c	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	43ba7585729ae655a05335905de2cdeaebfb3b0f3465d8e386943806eb874680	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 742 (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. 742 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 70–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• In Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Crowley — primary (person)
• Fogarty — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• Nesselbush — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-12 04/12/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-21 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
• 2017-04-27 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-26 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-13 06/13/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2017)
• 2017-06-15 06/15/2017 Senate read and passed passage
• 2017-06-15 06/15/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee
• 2017-06-17 06/17/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-24 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-05 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3587389-4f06-40cd-8ae3-cabf4855bf3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).