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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES"
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description: "Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer."
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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 7696"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7696 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Henries", "McGaw", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Stewart"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-02-23"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7279d1c-5a01-48ee-ae17-75ff931a1ac5"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a36ffa98a1d771befacc063e64add432e286546e722ce04a7c39627631f428ce"
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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 7696 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES
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Prohibits any agreement whereby an advanced practice registered nurse is restricted in the right to practice in a certain geographic area, assist or provide treatment or establish a professional relationship with any other employer.
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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. **7696** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7696.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Henries — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
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- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/e7279d1c-5a01-48ee-ae17-75ff931a1ac5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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