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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS"
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description: "Changes the direct client contact hour requirements for applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist associate and applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7064"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7064 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "McNamara", "Perez", "Shallcross Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccb3dac-6a80-440e-bfbe-37fa03de06f5"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "42c9ed04fe07e2fa0da08dc200f4171ea03ca256cd85121fed5497e2b1864a5b"
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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 HB 7064 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
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Changes the direct client contact hour requirements for applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist associate and applicants for licensure of marriage and family therapist.
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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. **7064** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7064.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Azzinaro — primary (person)
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fellela — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Perez — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/20/2026)
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- **2026-01-20** 01/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
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- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/8ccb3dac-6a80-440e-bfbe-37fa03de06f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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