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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.) AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2019 HB 5116 Rhode Island HB 5116 (2019)
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1 17 1 2019-01-11 2019-06-28 openstates ocd-bill/3f0d27b4-b191-404a-b83d-188d9367e818 http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/ 42b56d3267ce1d829a8e346aaaa764d5c7816aeb179da59ff991d24e6c546ca5 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Rhode Island HB 5116 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5116 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 646 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ackerman — primary (person)
  • Blazejewski — primary (person)
  • Edwards — primary (person)
  • McNamara — primary (person)
  • Shekarchi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-11 01/11/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-01-25 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2019-01-25 01/25/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (01/29/2019)
  • 2019-02-01 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2019)
  • 2019-02-05 02/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2019-05-03 05/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2019)
  • 2019-05-03 05/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
  • 2019-05-07 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-10 05/10/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2019)
  • 2019-05-14 05/14/2019 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2019-05-22 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce referral-committee
  • 2019-05-31 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
  • 2019-06-04 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
  • 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f0d27b4-b191-404a-b83d-188d9367e818. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).