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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE -- SECURED TRANSACTIONS"
+description: "Makes a series of amendments and adds new provisions of law to address business identity theft and deceptive solicitations sent to businesses and the unauthorized formation of entities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8324"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8324 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Casimiro", "DeSimone", "Fogarty", "Furtado", "Hull", "Messier", "Shallcross Smith", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-03-20"
+last_action: "2026-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2764259-9bd7-43f6-ab02-78f017805ce1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "eb1fb9f4f049609a041573e40a9f4f8c1839b49ce357dd4f773773b01f28890a"
+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 8324 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE -- SECURED TRANSACTIONS
+
+Makes a series of amendments and adds new provisions of law to address business identity theft and deceptive solicitations sent to businesses and the unauthorized formation of entities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8324 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8324A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
+- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/f2764259-9bd7-43f6-ab02-78f017805ce1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+