---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- MEDICAL DEBT REPORTING"
description: "Prohibits hospitals and other medical providers from reporting medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. A violation of this chapter may be pursued on behalf of the consumer by the attorney general."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7103"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7103 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardillo", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Kislak", "Morales", "Noret", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50ea9801-6092-4a35-b4d3-92753a756587"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2bb0b6b23ddd7ba514382c62feb4d8673499df83d4ac166f41293632f7788d47"
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 7103 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- MEDICAL DEBT REPORTING

Prohibits hospitals and other medical providers from reporting medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. A violation of this chapter may be pursued on behalf of the consumer by the attorney general.

## Version chain

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

1. **7103 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7103A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/13/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/50ea9801-6092-4a35-b4d3-92753a756587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).