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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: "SB 2562"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2562 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Commercial Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Goldin", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ebf556c-0e3a-4e63-8c3b-0a475bfd6892"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4b95d3e75ca34496627abce58fb5245695eb108f1fecd407a0b178da4c07c773"
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 2562 (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. **2562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2562.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **360** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **680** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House 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/8ebf556c-0e3a-4e63-8c3b-0a475bfd6892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).