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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: "SB 576"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 576 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-03-14"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/881e6b36-16b8-4fa0-aca9-47deee11326d"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "f4b16e9b9982654085753fab237f88bbea4ca5126b7835e6fb953eb871998e85"
+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 576 (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. **576 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0576Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **61–7** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **61–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Miller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2019)
+- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
+- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `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 as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended 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/881e6b36-16b8-4fa0-aca9-47deee11326d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+