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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7604"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7604 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Commercial Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Handy", "Newberry", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af69d5ce-449b-4755-80fa-23ddb3a111a5"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "febeff79e42a6f25f6abe6f53ab465e4411af9eb627168051af487c66ba92c90"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7604.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **710** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af69d5ce-449b-4755-80fa-23ddb3a111a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).