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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CREDIT CARD CRIME ACT"
+description: "Adds \"debit cards\" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5637"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5637 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Corvese", "Edwards", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "McNamara", "Serpa", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23154461-b16a-442f-ae68-7fb74ebd9908"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4b068ad87942a2f32faf6c002e4f4b8e0cda5acd6601c7d7f91e7612582ed684"
+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 5637 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CREDIT CARD CRIME ACT
+
+Adds "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5637.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/08/2025)
+- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/23154461-b16a-442f-ae68-7fb74ebd9908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+