---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT"
description: "Prohibits the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is 65 years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provision would be a deceptive trade practice subject to a $500 fine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7940"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7940 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Caldwell", "DeSimone", "Finkelman", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Marszalkowski", "Potter", "Slater", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fa463a0-1e8e-4da8-a15e-f400c1e003ba"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6d34044d12aaac4a988bd8ef91c26e3a596b24f31948b46c8265d377c10a8f38"
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 7940 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT

Prohibits the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is 65 years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provision would be a deceptive trade practice subject to a $500 fine.

## Version chain

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

1. **7940 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7940A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/4fa463a0-1e8e-4da8-a15e-f400c1e003ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).