---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CREDIT CARD CRIME ACT"
description: "Adds \"debit cards\" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 952"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 952 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Dimitri", "McKenney", "Patalano", "Quezada", "Rogers", "Tikoian", "Urso", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62cc4df5-1f21-44e9-8886-176cd534b275"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ef3e6232afc613b6c37bcd41d0b4a0b74c86b4f76f5422bbcf66189896c6ad3d"
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 952 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CREDIT CARD CRIME ACT

Adds "debit cards" to the section of law relating to fraudulent use of credit cards.

## Version chain

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

1. **952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0952.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** 05/05/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025)
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/62cc4df5-1f21-44e9-8886-176cd534b275`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).