Rhode Island · Senate Bill 608 · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS

  1. Introduced Mar 6, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 6, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Jun 10, 2025
  4. Passed the House Jun 18, 2025
  5. To the governor Jun 18, 2025
  6. Became law Jun 24, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services · Senate Health & Human Services
  2. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2025) · Senate Health & Human Services
  3. CommitteeCommittee recommended measure be held for further study · Senate Health & Human Services
  4. CommitteeScheduled for consideration (06/03/2025) · Senate Health & Human Services
  5. CommitteeCommittee recommends passage · Senate Health & Human Services
  6. SenatePlaced on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025)
  7. SenateSenate read and passed
  8. HousePlaced on House Calendar (06/18/2025)
  9. HouseHouse passed in concurrence
  10. GovernorTransmitted to Governor
  11. GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Passage · Full Senate

36–0
Jun 10, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 36 No 0 Not voting 2
Democrats: 32 yes, 0 no Republicans: 4 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 36

Not voting · 2

Passage, in concurrence · Full House

70–0
Jun 18, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 70 No 0 Not voting 5
Democrats: 60 yes, 0 no Independents: 0 yes, 0 no Republicans: 10 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 70

Not voting · 5

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 9 cosponsors: 8 Democrats, 1 Republican.

All 9 cosponsors

From Rhode Island's official records (status.rilegislature.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.