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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from licensing requirements for hairdressers or cosmeticians, defines natural hair braiding and imposes fines for violations.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from licensing requirements for hairdressers or cosmeticians, defines natural hair braiding and imposes fines for violations.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 260"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 260 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cultural", "Hairdressing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Euer", "Metts", "Quezada", "Valverde"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24dc7f12-f578-4ed3-b56b-037aebd6923f"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "4b337c3ff835830a47c176a0586f9a45a86e31082536723eb0442432b6b7baee"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 260 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS (Exempts natural hair braiders from licensing requirements for hairdressers or cosmeticians, defines natural hair braiding and imposes fines for violations.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **260 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0260A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **34–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Crowley — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Metts — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee transferred to Senate Health and Human Services
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- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2019)
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- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
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- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24dc7f12-f578-4ed3-b56b-037aebd6923f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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