---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS"
description: "Allows electronic notifications modernize language for notifications, synchronize renewal dates for certain license-types, streamline licensing requirements across several license-types, and update the unlicensed health care practices statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7836"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7836 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Cruz", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Morales"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5e9cf5a-e3ec-491c-a786-9ec21e926c60"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "489746b37a83c966c57c9281c6dd63c4a5cfaa89bffe06f556381cf3ce83a9c8"
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 7836 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS

Allows electronic notifications modernize language for notifications, synchronize renewal dates for certain license-types, streamline licensing requirements across several license-types, and update the unlicensed health care practices statute.

## Version chain

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

1. **7836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7836.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2026)
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/a5e9cf5a-e3ec-491c-a786-9ec21e926c60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).