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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES"
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description: "Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice, before taking and receiving results of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX)."
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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 7826"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7826 (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", "Casey", "Dawson", "Fenton-Fung", "Finkelman", "Kislak"]
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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: "2024-03-01"
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last_action: "2024-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/179445ff-5efb-443a-b9fd-fa372760cff0"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "39bf633ab7086d36dd5fe6b6bf2b06790b4bb951fd0170c6035800dca066967f"
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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 7826 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES
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Amends the conditions upon which a nurse would be exempt from certain licensing requirements to include eligibility to practice, before taking and receiving results of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
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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. **7826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7826.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Casey — primary (person)
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- Dawson — primary (person)
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- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
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- Finkelman — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 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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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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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/179445ff-5efb-443a-b9fd-fa372760cff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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