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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: "SB 976"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 976 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Gu", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8450233-d048-4000-bc57-6e38e8c17a01"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5318c9f52d9eb9e8990a8d55fe8171867191135f637c646280eb414810af46da"
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 976 (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. **976 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0976Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **289** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 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 Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House 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/d8450233-d048-4000-bc57-6e38e8c17a01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).