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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD (Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD (Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 759"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 759 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Commercial Law", "Credit Cards", "Criminal Offense"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gallo", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-23"
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last_action: "2023-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5d99a9-0c6e-4d67-a47e-ecf72e80023c"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a21bc424a4e3357a9f827806b47a1f4fcbf0d20cdc3dc9fd9a01ff17d0a63be2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 759 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GIFT CARD FRAUD (Requires sellers of gift cards to post notice warning of scams/instructing consumers what to do as victims/train employees to identify/respond to fraud/violations punishable by a civil fine of $500.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **759 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0759Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Approval of Amendment — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Gu — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/18/2023)
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- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
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- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
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- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f5d99a9-0c6e-4d67-a47e-ecf72e80023c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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