---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS"
description: "Allows providers of services under this section to visit the houses of individuals with special needs or sensory-related disorders or differences in order to provide haircuts or hairdressing services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5833"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5833 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65c226e1-fb00-4fda-8989-e2a565b31a9c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3064a3a080e9ebd15b8e0157d0d7d18c4d812cc7cde2cc2e2ef0b2e80d01f443"
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 5833 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS

Allows providers of services under this section to visit the houses of individuals with special needs or sensory-related disorders or differences in order to provide haircuts or hairdressing services.

## Version chain

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

1. **5833 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5833A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/65c226e1-fb00-4fda-8989-e2a565b31a9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).