---
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: "SB 2278"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2278 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Euer", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f9b6989-5ad9-48b0-a471-b2cd4ed87b20"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e1b3ace7a8f56b97196b3e7b2d57546e7ba3d3b071581affa68b69e6d1371b49"
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 2278 (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. **2278 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2278A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-06** 05/06/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-19** 05/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `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 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/9f9b6989-5ad9-48b0-a471-b2cd4ed87b20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).