RI HB 7938
died on adjournmentAN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REGISTRATION OF NURSING ASSISTANTS -- QUALIFYING LANGUAGE
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did RI HB 7938 pass?
No. RI HB 7938 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-06-09): 06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
What is RI HB 7938 about?
Requires the examination for licensing of certified nursing assistants by the department of health to be administered in both English and Spanish.
Who sponsors RI HB 7938?
DeSimone, Alzate, Baginski and 7 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 7938.
Description
Requires the examination for licensing of certified nursing assistants by the department of health to be administered in both English and Spanish.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-27
- Latest action
- 2026-06-09 — 06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- DeSimoneprimary
- Alzateprimary
- Baginskiprimary
- Batistaprimary
- Cruzprimary
- Diazprimary
- Moralesprimary
- Sanchezprimary
- Hullprimary
- Biahprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-09
06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
referral-committee
2026-06-09
06/09/2026 House read and passed
passage
2026-06-08
06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026)
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2026-06-08
06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-06-05
06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
2026-04-14
04/14/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-04-10
04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2026)
2026-02-27
02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
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Versions
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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: other
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- 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
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