---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY - THE STATE FALSE CLAIM ACT (Amends the State False Claims Act to reflect amendments to the Federal False Claims Act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY - THE STATE FALSE CLAIM ACT (Amends the State False Claims Act to reflect amendments to the Federal False Claims Act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7540"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7540 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Civil Procedure", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "McEntee", "McKiernan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cfd1e27-2bba-497a-afa4-c385395ce536"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "980ebaaf7e459c9cdbd72de0eb99512ca8cc34802ca51ef05b426873f5efb626"
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 HB 7540 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY - THE STATE FALSE CLAIM ACT (Amends the State False Claims Act to reflect amendments to the Federal False Claims Act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7540.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McKiernan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2018)
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/0cfd1e27-2bba-497a-afa4-c385395ce536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).