---
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: "SB 3212"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3212 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Felag", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-04-14"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b249520-5bb2-4d2a-afc9-ddcf157cae44"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "46d07a15fedae4278324192bd442f99cad8519b4a467d2360f077f32d3f37e6d"
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 3212 (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. **3212 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3212A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `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`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House 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/9b249520-5bb2-4d2a-afc9-ddcf157cae44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).