---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the \"Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the \"Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2560"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2560 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secretary of State", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d68f817a-e465-478d-ab2d-300b21ee81f7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "67fed35a7b2624ec03adea2d3605fd41ce27c19212592bb4c5763e9c86194ddb"
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 2560 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.")

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2560 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2560A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee continued
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/d68f817a-e465-478d-ab2d-300b21ee81f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).