---
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: "SB 2625"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2625 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Lauria", "Miller", "Ujifusa", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32734e69-7d1d-44c8-8fbe-0dda392fcf48"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9512b07da7044f74b11488181b33f2c4125e65e68ea0d3395fe607043cb4e779"
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 2625 (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. **2625 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2625A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2024)
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House 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/32734e69-7d1d-44c8-8fbe-0dda392fcf48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).