---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS (Requires a public official or employee to disclose any and all unsatisfied default judgments of credit card debt, in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), on their financial statement.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS (Requires a public official or employee to disclose any and all unsatisfied default judgments of credit card debt, in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), on their financial statement.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1135"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1135 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-15"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e055a0-0a61-45a4-9def-43279543ebb9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1bc667fa954a0cde332e6f29ebaaa1cb5c29ab101921deb81cc936a4b759d260"
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 1135 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- CODE OF ETHICS (Requires a public official or employee to disclose any and all unsatisfied default judgments of credit card debt, in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), on their financial statement.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1135.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/c2e055a0-0a61-45a4-9def-43279543ebb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).