---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MEDICAL SPAS SAFETY ACT"
description: "Mandates cosmetic medical procedures be performed by a physician, PA, APRN, or delegated to a qualified non-physician, non-PA or non-APRN under the supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5351"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5351 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Casey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7075b5a5-4dd0-43ce-a796-89941a43a1ce"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "05a7b742d1d5efd84cbe7c09cc3c0b5c67181abfcb497006256b41586311ccec"
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 5351 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MEDICAL SPAS SAFETY ACT

Mandates cosmetic medical procedures be performed by a physician, PA, APRN, or delegated to a qualified non-physician, non-PA or non-APRN under the supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse.

## Version chain

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

1. **5351 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5351Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/7075b5a5-4dd0-43ce-a796-89941a43a1ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).