---
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).