---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD (Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD (Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 759"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 759 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Commercial Law", "Credit Cards", "Criminal Offense"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gallo", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5d99a9-0c6e-4d67-a47e-ecf72e80023c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a21bc424a4e3357a9f827806b47a1f4fcbf0d20cdc3dc9fd9a01ff17d0a63be2"
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 759 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD (Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.)

## Version chain

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

1. **759 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0759Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/18/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/4f5d99a9-0c6e-4d67-a47e-ecf72e80023c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).