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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5116"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5116 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commercial Law"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Blazejewski", "Edwards", "McNamara", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-11"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f0d27b4-b191-404a-b83d-188d9367e818"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "42b56d3267ce1d829a8e346aaaa764d5c7816aeb179da59ff991d24e6c546ca5"
+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 5116 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5116 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5116A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-11** 01/11/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (01/29/2019)
+- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2019)
+- **2019-02-05** 02/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2019)
+- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2019)
+- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/3f0d27b4-b191-404a-b83d-188d9367e818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+