---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE"
description: "Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2781"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2781 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-08"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c78163a5-8878-49f8-a240-478ed2a2bd1a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6df72cb997f748d880776173e4e130e74e7bd977623a99fa2fd81c9dc69b3ccd"
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 2781 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies.

## Version chain

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

1. **2781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2781.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2024)
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/16/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 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/c78163a5-8878-49f8-a240-478ed2a2bd1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).