---
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).