RI SB 2861

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AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Allows electronic notifications modernize language for notifications, synchronize renewal dates for certain license-types, streamline licensing requirements across several license-types, and update the unlicensed health care practices statute.

Introduced: 2026-03-04
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-10 — 06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-03-04
03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
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2026-04-03
04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2026)
2026-04-07
04/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-05-19
05/19/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
2026-05-21
05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-05-22
05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/27/2026)
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2026-05-27
05/27/2026 Senate read and passed
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2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/04/2026)
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2026-06-04
06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence
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2026-06-04
06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor
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2026-06-10
06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
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Versions

2861Compare

Documents

application/pdf

Votes

Passage
2026-05-27 · pass · 37-0
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: other
- Famiglietti: yes
- Felag: yes
- Gallo: yes
- Gu: yes
- Kallman: yes
- LaMountain: yes
- Lauria: yes
- Mack: yes
- McKenney: yes
- Morgan: yes
- 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
IN CONCURRENCE
2026-06-04 · pass · 63-0
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: other
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: other
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: other
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: other
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: yes
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: other
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: other
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: other
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: yes
- Perez: other
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: other
- Read: yes
- Roberts: other
- Sanchez: other
- 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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