republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-7604.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT AND IDENTITY PREVENTION ACT OF 2006 (Provides that a consumer report agency may not charge a consumer a fee for any security freeze service. Effective September 1, 2018.)	AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT AND IDENTITY PREVENTION ACT OF 2006 (Provides that a consumer report agency may not charge a consumer a fee for any security freeze service. Effective September 1, 2018.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 7604	Rhode Island HB 7604 (2018)	bill	Attorney General Commercial Law	enacted	Ackerman Handy Newberry Shekarchi	1	16	1	2018-02-14	2018-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/af69d5ce-449b-4755-80fa-23ddb3a111a5	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	febeff79e42a6f25f6abe6f53ab465e4411af9eb627168051af487c66ba92c90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7604 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT AND IDENTITY PREVENTION ACT OF 2006 (Provides that a consumer report agency may not charge a consumer a fee for any security freeze service. Effective September 1, 2018.)

Version chain

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

1. 7604 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 71–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ackerman — primary (person)
• Handy — primary (person)
• Newberry — primary (person)
• Shekarchi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-14 02/14/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-09 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2018-03-12 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
• 2018-03-16 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
• 2018-03-20 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-03-30 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2018)
• 2018-04-03 04/03/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-06 04/06/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2018)
• 2018-04-10 04/10/2018 House read and passed passage
• 2018-05-03 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-06-01 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
• 2018-06-05 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-07 06/07/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2018)
• 2018-06-12 06/12/2018 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2018-06-12 06/12/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-14 06/14/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af69d5ce-449b-4755-80fa-23ddb3a111a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).