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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from licensing requirements for hairdressers or cosmeticians, defines natural hair braiding and imposes fines for violations.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from licensing requirements for hairdressers or cosmeticians, defines natural hair braiding and imposes fines for violations.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 260"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 260 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cultural", "Hairdressing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Euer", "Metts", "Quezada", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-13"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24dc7f12-f578-4ed3-b56b-037aebd6923f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "4b337c3ff835830a47c176a0586f9a45a86e31082536723eb0442432b6b7baee"
+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 SB 260 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from licensing requirements for hairdressers or cosmeticians, defines natural hair braiding and imposes fines for violations.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **260 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0260A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **34–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Crowley — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Metts — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee transferred to Senate Health and Human Services
+- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2019)
+- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 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/24dc7f12-f578-4ed3-b56b-037aebd6923f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+