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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS"
+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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7836"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7836 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Cruz", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Morales"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5e9cf5a-e3ec-491c-a786-9ec21e926c60"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "489746b37a83c966c57c9281c6dd63c4a5cfaa89bffe06f556381cf3ce83a9c8"
+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 7836 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS
+
+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.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7836.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2026)
+- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/a5e9cf5a-e3ec-491c-a786-9ec21e926c60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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