---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the \"Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the \"Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7502"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7502 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secretary of State", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Coughlin", "Marshall", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/631b7c3a-2f07-4e8d-9c31-89d2f56f2779"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8b3220a7c2df8bd2f74dd31c123d81fb1efeb4ee09052023127635eb3d3afae0"
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 7502 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (Repeals the current state provisions regarding notaries and adopts an adapted version of the "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.")

## Version chain

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

1. **7502 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7502A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–5** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **63–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Coughlin — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** 02/08/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2018)
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 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`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee continued
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/631b7c3a-2f07-4e8d-9c31-89d2f56f2779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).