---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5116"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5116 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Blazejewski", "Edwards", "McNamara", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f0d27b4-b191-404a-b83d-188d9367e818"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "42b56d3267ce1d829a8e346aaaa764d5c7816aeb179da59ff991d24e6c546ca5"
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 5116 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5116 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5116A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** 01/11/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (01/29/2019)
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2019)
- **2019-02-05** 02/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2019)
- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/3f0d27b4-b191-404a-b83d-188d9367e818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).