republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5599.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words "moral turpitude" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)	AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words "moral turpitude" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5599	Rhode Island HB 5599 (2021)	bill	Business & Professions Code of Ethics Licenses Miscellaneous	enacted	Ajello Cassar Donovan Fogarty Handy Kislak Knight McEntee Speakman Tanzi	1	14	1	2021-02-12	2021-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1f20504a-705e-47e9-98d9-60efb9718849	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	2f0989037190b1a7bfd952e3eb3b5ad2fd550fc23474397c0bfc0ce0c322b530	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5599 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY (Eliminates the words "moral turpitude" as a cause of refusal to issue a license to various professionals.)

Version chain

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

1. 5599 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ajello — primary (person)
• Cassar — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Fogarty — primary (person)
• Handy — primary (person)
• Kislak — primary (person)
• Knight — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• Speakman — primary (person)
• Tanzi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-12 02/12/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-26 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2021)
• 2021-03-01 03/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2021)
• 2021-06-07 06/07/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
• 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-09 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-13 07/13/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f20504a-705e-47e9-98d9-60efb9718849. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).