---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Decreases the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from 1,200 hours to 1,000 hours.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Decreases the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from 1,200 hours to 1,000 hours.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 758"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 758 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Education", "Hairdressing", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Gallo", "McKenney", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f6f10aa-d6bd-4a48-b821-958315818c5a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e4d96ebcf2f4e0b845ea46067d7faae6d380516318f17b99efc46a9c5c2e2eb1"
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 758 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Decreases the number of hours needed for the issuance of a license for hairdresser and cosmetician licensing from 1,200 hours to 1,000 hours.)

## Version chain

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

1. **758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0758.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/2f6f10aa-d6bd-4a48-b821-958315818c5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).