RI SB 2862
died on adjournmentAN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did RI SB 2862 pass?
No. RI SB 2862 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 (2026-06-05): 06/05/2026 Referred to House Corporations
What is RI SB 2862 about?
Allows foreign-trained dentists and dental hygienists to obtain limited licenses if they graduate from reputable dental colleges or universities, work under a supervising dentist, and pass a board-approved exam.
Who sponsors RI SB 2862?
Valverde, DiMario, Thompson and 6 others are the primary sponsors of RI SB 2862.
Description
Allows foreign-trained dentists and dental hygienists to obtain limited licenses if they graduate from reputable dental colleges or universities, work under a supervising dentist, and pass a board-approved exam.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-04
- Latest action
- 2026-06-05 — 06/05/2026 Referred to House Corporations
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Valverdeprimary
- DiMarioprimary
- Thompsonprimary
- Lauriaprimary
- Ursoprimary
- Bellprimary
- Murrayprimary
- Quezadaprimary
- Vargasprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-05
06/05/2026 Referred to House Corporations
referral-committee
2026-06-04
06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A
passage
2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026)
reading-3
2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-01
06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute
substitution
2026-05-29
05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
2026-04-02
04/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure
2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2026)
2026-03-04
03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
introduction,referral-committee
Versions
- 2862 SUB ACompare
Documents
Votes
Passage
2026-06-04 · pass · 37-1
Member-level votes (38)
- Acosta: yes
- Appollonio, Jr.: yes
- Bell: yes
- Bissaillon: yes
- Britto: yes
- Burke: yes
- Ciccone: yes
- de la Cruz: yes
- DiMario: yes
- Dimitri: yes
- DiPalma: yes
- Euer: yes
- Famiglietti: yes
- Felag: yes
- Gallo: yes
- Gu: yes
- Kallman: yes
- LaMountain: yes
- Lauria: yes
- Mack: yes
- McKenney: yes
- Morgan: no
- Murray: yes
- Paolino: yes
- Patalano: yes
- Pearson: yes
- Quezada: yes
- Raptakis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tikoian: yes
- Ujifusa: yes
- Urso: yes
- Valverde: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Zurier: yes
- Madam President: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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