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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE HEALING ART OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE (Changes title of chapter 37.2 of title 5 and throughout, replacing the words "Oriental medicine" with "Chinese medicine". Allows individuals who are otherwise certified, to practice acupuncture & Chinese medicine using Chinese medical diagnostic methods.) AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE HEALING ART OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE (Changes title of chapter 37.2 of title 5 and throughout, replacing the words "Oriental medicine" with "Chinese medicine". Allows individuals who are otherwise certified, to practice acupuncture & Chinese medicine using Chinese medical diagnostic methods.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 SB 47 Rhode Island SB 47 (2021)
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Rhode Island SB 47 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- THE HEALING ART OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE (Changes title of chapter 37.2 of title 5 and throughout, replacing the words "Oriental medicine" with "Chinese medicine". Allows individuals who are otherwise certified, to practice acupuncture & Chinese medicine using Chinese medical diagnostic methods.)

Version chain

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

  1. 47 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 619 (pass) · upper
  • ORIENTAL MEDICINE — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Acosta — primary (person)
  • Anderson — primary (person)
  • Bell — primary (person)
  • Cano — primary (person)
  • DiMario — primary (person)
  • Miller — primary (person)
  • Murray — primary (person)
  • Quezada — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-19 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
  • 2021-02-11 02/11/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-02-12 02/12/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/23/2021)
  • 2021-02-23 02/23/2021 Senate read and passed passage
  • 2021-02-25 02/25/2021 Referred to House Health & Human Services referral-committee
  • 2021-06-07 06/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
  • 2021-06-10 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
  • 2021-06-15 06/15/2021 House passed in concurrence passage
  • 2021-06-17 06/17/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de064abd-96ea-4aaf-98a3-eff6a858ee7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).