---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS"
description: "Changes the direct client contact hour requirements for applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist associate and applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7064"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7064 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "McNamara", "Perez", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccb3dac-6a80-440e-bfbe-37fa03de06f5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "42c9ed04fe07e2fa0da08dc200f4171ea03ca256cd85121fed5497e2b1864a5b"
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 7064 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS

Changes the direct client contact hour requirements for applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist associate and applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist.

## Version chain

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

1. **7064** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7064.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/20/2026)
- **2026-01-20** 01/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/8ccb3dac-6a80-440e-bfbe-37fa03de06f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).