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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 excluding online purchases.) AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services excluding online purchases.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2019 SB 889 Rhode Island SB 889 (2019)
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Rhode Island SB 889 (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 excluding online purchases.)

Version chain

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

  1. 889 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 370 (pass) · upper
  • IN CONCURRENCE — 667 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Conley — primary (person)
  • Felag — primary (person)
  • Gallo — primary (person)
  • Lombardi — primary (person)
  • Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-05-22 05/22/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-05-24 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2019)
  • 2019-05-28 05/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2019-05-31 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
  • 2019-06-04 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-05 06/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
  • 2019-06-11 06/11/2019 Senate read and passed passage
  • 2019-06-12 06/12/2019 Referred to House Corporations referral-committee
  • 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
  • 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
  • 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 House passed 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/cec4dc78-6c95-4494-bf4a-26a21575fba6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).