2025 Regular SessionRhode Island Legislature

H5550: Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language.

Legislative Summary

BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS - Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language.

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Bill History

2/26/2025
Introduced, referred to House Corporations
House of Representatives
2/27/2025
Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
House of Representatives
3/28/2025
Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Committee recommends passage
House of Representatives
4/18/2025
Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025)
House of Representatives
4/22/2025
House read and passed
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

Passage
4/22/2025
69
Yea
1
Nay
5
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(4/22/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Evan Shanley
Evan Shanley
Democrat

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/26/2025182.9 KB