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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: "SB 3212"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3212 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Felag", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Murray"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-04-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b249520-5bb2-4d2a-afc9-ddcf157cae44"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "46d07a15fedae4278324192bd442f99cad8519b4a467d2360f077f32d3f37e6d"
+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 3212 (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. **3212 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3212A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `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`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House 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/9b249520-5bb2-4d2a-afc9-ddcf157cae44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+