---
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).