---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES"
description: "Provide that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 17 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawson", "Ruggerio", "Tikoian", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5780ebf-fc0c-4c40-a5e3-7b46924f1a72"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ecfaf252d5b30165ceb09008c6fc408184173eaee50f68ca6366c44bb3ec8107"
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 17 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES

Provide that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice.

## Version chain

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

1. **17 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0017A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** 01/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/f5780ebf-fc0c-4c40-a5e3-7b46924f1a72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).