---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS"
description: "Relocates the chapter relating to licensing of massage therapists from the health and safety title to the businesses and professions title with multiple amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7738"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7738 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Corvese", "Finkelman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b06cb2f9-aac0-4616-8b10-48afdd622825"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ce8566fbff7d1df93bde2e5dcbe5aa08abd5465dd0a8ee8055ea6e870c3d256f"
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 7738 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS

Relocates the chapter relating to licensing of massage therapists from the health and safety title to the businesses and professions title with multiple amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **7738 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7738A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2024)
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/b06cb2f9-aac0-4616-8b10-48afdd622825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).