republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-8001.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME (Requires individuals transacting business in RI under any assumed name to file in person, by mail, or electronically with the office of the city or town clerk the true or real full name(s) of the person(s) transacting business and their email address.)	AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME (Requires individuals transacting business in RI under any assumed name to file in person, by mail, or electronically with the office of the city or town clerk the true or real full name(s) of the person(s) transacting business and their email address.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	HB 8001	Rhode Island HB 8001 (2022)	bill		enacted	Abney Carson Cortvriend Donovan Edwards McGaw Ruggiero Speakman	1	16	1	2022-03-18	2022-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/941a6ca9-22ac-454a-aaf2-2e8040864cdc	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	4034851b36f068a7168c47069a88ea50f9155bd5fa8aea43641b37083de08f70	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 8001 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME (Requires individuals transacting business in RI under any assumed name to file in person, by mail, or electronically with the office of the city or town clerk the true or real full name(s) of the person(s) transacting business and their email address.)

Version chain

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

1. 8001 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 65–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Abney — primary (person)
• Carson — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• McGaw — primary (person)
• Ruggiero — primary (person)
• Speakman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-18 03/18/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2022-03-25 03/25/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/29/2022)
• 2022-04-08 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2022)
• 2022-04-12 04/12/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2022-05-20 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2022)
• 2022-05-25 05/25/2022 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-27 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2022) reading-3
• 2022-05-31 05/31/2022 House read and passed passage
• 2022-06-10 06/10/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 06/14/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
• 2022-06-16 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-22 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-23 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-28 06/28/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/941a6ca9-22ac-454a-aaf2-2e8040864cdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).