---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CREDIT CARD LENDING (Modernizes the Rhode Island credit card lending statute by amending the definition of “credit card plan”.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CREDIT CARD LENDING (Modernizes the Rhode Island credit card lending statute by amending the definition of “credit card plan”.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2434"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2434 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Burke", "Ciccone", "F Lombardi", "Gallo", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d642acdb-e0d6-46e2-a889-1118a3d779db"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "653577f6336e9b23e4c3d84d18605f4d0325f14576894beb39c3702335052fa6"
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 2434 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CREDIT CARD LENDING (Modernizes the Rhode Island credit card lending statute by amending the definition of “credit card plan”.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2434 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2434A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
- - CREDIT CARD LENDING — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2022)
- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/d642acdb-e0d6-46e2-a889-1118a3d779db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).