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IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
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Passed HouseJun 20, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE (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.)
Last Action See all actions
House • Jun 20, 2025: 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A
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Comments on HB 5555
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Votes
YES: 71
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Biah
- Blazejewski
- Boylan
- Caldwell
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Fascia
- Felix
- Fellela
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Furtado
- Giraldo
- Hopkins
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Paplauskas
- Perez
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Quattrocchi
- Read
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Santucci
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Voas
NO: 0
Actions
- Jun 20, 2025 | House
- 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A
- Jun 18, 2025 | House
- 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
- 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025)
- Jun 16, 2025 | House
- 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute
- Apr 24, 2025 | House
- 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Apr 18, 2025 | House
- 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- Feb 26, 2025 | House
- 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
Bill Texts
Documents
- 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025)
- House Corporations: 04-24-2025--H5555--Dr. Hannah_Lau (Veterinary Virtual Care Association)--corPDF
- House Corporations: 04-24-2025--H5555--Dr. Jerome_Larkin (RI DOH)--corPDF
- House Corporations: 04-24-2025--H5555--Jennifer_Hobgood (ASPCA)--corPDF
- House Corporations: 04-24-2025--H5555--Leonard_Lopes (RIVMA)--corPDF
- House Corporations: 04-24-2025--H5555--Representative J._Brien (H5555 Amendments)--corPDF