---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- IMPERSONATION AND IDENTITY FRAUD"
description: "Protects individuals and businesses from those who knowingly impersonate an entity with the intent of facilitating fraud. This act would also protect individuals and businesses from digital forgery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8060"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8060 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec7abc9d-15ce-48ae-ba2d-dd104b94e6d3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b598cbd75357b289d6d1ffa43b23388ae30f48172e2c387b5b8c627d1c7f5a14"
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 8060 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- IMPERSONATION AND IDENTITY FRAUD

Protects individuals and businesses from those who knowingly impersonate an entity with the intent of facilitating fraud. This act would also protect individuals and businesses from digital forgery.

## Version chain

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

1. **8060 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8060A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/10/2026)
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate 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/ec7abc9d-15ce-48ae-ba2d-dd104b94e6d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).