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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 742"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 742 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Physicians"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Fogarty", "Lombardi", "Nesselbush", "Quezada"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-04-12"
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last_action: "2017-07-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3587389-4f06-40cd-8ae3-cabf4855bf3c"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "43ba7585729ae655a05335905de2cdeaebfb3b0f3465d8e386943806eb874680"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **742 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0742A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
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- In Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Crowley — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Nesselbush — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
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- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
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- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2017)
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- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-17** 06/17/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
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- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3587389-4f06-40cd-8ae3-cabf4855bf3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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