---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Decreases the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from 1,200 hours to 1,000 hours.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Decreases the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from 1,200 hours to 1,000 hours.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6523"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6523 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Hairdressing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Corvese", "Craven", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "Kazarian", "McEntee", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-06-14"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3995263-a84e-4cc9-b64b-736bfc1dc6dd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a8754c4d42169baddad7027dd9371fcaf1aa1a09198c3972b8faa66de6af8be7"
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 6523 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Decreases the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from 1,200 hours to 1,000 hours.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **6523** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6523.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/f3995263-a84e-4cc9-b64b-736bfc1dc6dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).