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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES"
+description: "Provides protection and prevents the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees, by anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs, except as authorized by federal law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 71"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 71 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Lauria", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdbdb0b1-49b1-46db-991c-ede9e389bd4c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "55f6b7f7a2f491db9312fd8f86651cab0e09ad41de626e3153e15bd908be15ac"
+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 71 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
+
+Provides protection and prevents the unethical, improper conduct and the collection of fees, by anyone advising or assisting a veteran filing a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs, except as authorized by federal law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **71 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0071Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** 01/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025)
+- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/cdbdb0b1-49b1-46db-991c-ede9e389bd4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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