---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Penalty of $10,000 for violating Deceptive Trade Practices Act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Penalty of $10,000 for violating Deceptive Trade Practices Act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 684"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 684 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Civil Procedure", "Commercial Law", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "Lombardo", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83aa1fa0-5fca-4ba4-bc25-95d6d382f78b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7a86d6408e750265d354bb715a532238628670f3bde0bf291b8f1d38eafdec07"
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 684 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Penalty of $10,000 for violating Deceptive Trade Practices Act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **684 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0684A.pdf)

## Votes

- - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **64–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2021)
- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 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/83aa1fa0-5fca-4ba4-bc25-95d6d382f78b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).