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RI HB 7020

enacted

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Authorizes veterinarians to establish a client-patient relationship through electronic means, subject to limitations and requirements such as Vet making a good faith effort to determine if care should be provided through telemedicine instead of in person.

Introduced
2026-01-09
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-23 — 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Limaprimary
  • Serpaprimary
  • Baginskiprimary
  • Solomonprimary
  • Brienprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-09

    01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-16

    01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/20/2026)

  3. 2026-01-20

    01/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

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  4. 2026-06-06

    06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)

  5. 2026-06-08

    06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-06-08

    06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026)

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  7. 2026-06-09

    06/09/2026 House read and passed

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  8. 2026-06-10

    06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026)

    reading-3

  9. 2026-06-11

    06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence

    passage

  10. 2026-06-18

    06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor

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  11. 2026-06-23

    06/23/2026 Signed by Governor

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-06-09 · pass · 70-0

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: yes
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: yes
    • Cortvriend: yes
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: yes
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: yes
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: yes
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: other
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: other
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: yes
    • Newberry: yes
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: yes
    • Perez: other
    • Phillips: yes
    • Place: yes
    • Potter: yes
    • Quattrocchi: yes
    • Read: yes
    • Roberts: other
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: yes
    • Serpa: yes
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: yes
    • Shekarchi: other
    • Slater: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: yes
    • Voas: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://status.rilegislature.gov/

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