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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT"
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description: "Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7213"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7213 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-01-18"
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last_action: "2024-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/671d02a2-8717-4ef4-95b9-4bfe3a05b548"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "648eb6bae8d18e960af200db79316433f9b7d7a28c4a0e1e2151a0e3a48e043b"
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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 HB 7213 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- RHODE ISLAND PHYSICAL THERAPIST LICENSURE COMPACT ACT
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Allows the state to become a member of the physical therapist licensure compact adopted by twenty-five (25) states in order to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services.
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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. **7213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7213.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-18** 01/18/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2024)
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- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2024)
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- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/671d02a2-8717-4ef4-95b9-4bfe3a05b548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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