---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE -- SECURED TRANSACTIONS"
description: "Makes a series of amendments and adds new provisions of law to address business identity theft and deceptive solicitations sent to businesses and the unauthorized formation of entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8324"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8324 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Casimiro", "DeSimone", "Fogarty", "Furtado", "Hull", "Messier", "Shallcross Smith", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-20"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2764259-9bd7-43f6-ab02-78f017805ce1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eb1fb9f4f049609a041573e40a9f4f8c1839b49ce357dd4f773773b01f28890a"
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 8324 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE -- SECURED TRANSACTIONS

Makes a series of amendments and adds new provisions of law to address business identity theft and deceptive solicitations sent to businesses and the unauthorized formation of entities.

## Version chain

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

1. **8324 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8324A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/f2764259-9bd7-43f6-ab02-78f017805ce1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).