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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3026"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3026 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a6db259-1007-4e72-a98a-b3d2ba146208"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2022eab9d752733ec69c2e970eef80f156a2fb29d2aeaa0d229e490996276d5b"
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 3026 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **3026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3026.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **670** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Murray — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2026)
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/0a6db259-1007-4e72-a98a-b3d2ba146208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).