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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the \"Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.\")"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the \"Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.\")"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7502"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7502 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Secretary of State", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Coughlin", "Marshall", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-08"
+last_action: "2018-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/631b7c3a-2f07-4e8d-9c31-89d2f56f2779"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "8b3220a7c2df8bd2f74dd31c123d81fb1efeb4ee09052023127635eb3d3afae0"
+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 7502 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.")
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7502 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7502A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–5** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **63–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barros — primary (person)
+- Coughlin — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2018)
+- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
+- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee continued
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/631b7c3a-2f07-4e8d-9c31-89d2f56f2779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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