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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OPTICIANS -- QUALIFICATIONS Establishes a second avenue of qualification as an optician, to include successfully completing an apprenticeship program. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2024 HB 7297 Rhode Island HB 7297 (2024)
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Rhode Island HB 7297 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- OPTICIANS -- QUALIFICATIONS

Establishes a second avenue of qualification as an optician, to include successfully completing an apprenticeship program.

Version chain

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

  1. 7297 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 730 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Baginski — primary (person)
  • Finkelman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-26 01/26/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-02-09 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2024-02-12 02/12/2024 Meeting postponed (02/13/2024)
  • 2024-02-12 02/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2024)
  • 2024-02-15 02/15/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2024-03-22 03/22/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2024)
  • 2024-03-26 03/26/2024 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-29 03/29/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/04/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-04-04 04/04/2024 House read and passed passage
  • 2024-04-05 04/05/2024 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2024-06-07 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
  • 2024-06-10 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-06-12 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2024-06-21 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-06-25 06/25/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70363e49-7ab5-41dd-afd3-c07977cbc585. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).