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legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-6033.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS (Makes sweeping changes to the law on massage therapy licensing.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS (Makes sweeping changes to the law on massage therapy licensing.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 6033"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6033 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Bennett", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "McNamara"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-04-26"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ac76ae9-5f82-4497-a572-13e0d632ad2d"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c4728c16b797dea74b3f221f7dee5f2effc6590297cf9f6f890362598d88bea0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 6033 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS (Makes sweeping changes to the law on massage therapy licensing.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6033 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6033A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **61–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Almeida — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2019)
+- **2019-05-08** 05/08/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-02** 07/02/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ac76ae9-5f82-4497-a572-13e0d632ad2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+