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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LACTATION COUNSELORS PRACTICE ACT OF 2014"
description: "Specifies the requirements and procedures for licensing lactation counselors as well as the renewal, expiration, termination, refusal, revocation and suspension of licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7882"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7882 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Cotter", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Lombardi", "Morales", "Sanchez", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-04"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41e27397-fbe3-4167-ae89-637b526aab8f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4d4caff12608322411f3c7b1d376816f0339860d9e929504013fb13388468bcc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island HB 7882 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LACTATION COUNSELORS PRACTICE ACT OF 2014
Specifies the requirements and procedures for licensing lactation counselors as well as the renewal, expiration, termination, refusal, revocation and suspension of licenses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7882 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7882A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **675** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Sanchez — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-04** 03/04/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed Sub A 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41e27397-fbe3-4167-ae89-637b526aab8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).