republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7509.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES	Provides that gift certificates issued by state-chartered institutions of higher education would be exempt from the provisions of the gift certificate statute relating to expiration, escheatment, reissuance and refund.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2024	HB 7509	Rhode Island HB 7509 (2024)	bill		enacted	Batista Cotter Dawson Finkelman Morales Noret O'Brien Perez Shanley Vella-Wilkinson	1	17	2	2024-02-07	2024-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/c13c140c-8212-493e-b9a2-3e29edfc86a6	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	9164ff0a83ef653305bdce7325c870a33cf719e112305a0309e38c355eac779d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7509 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW--GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES

Provides that gift certificates issued by state-chartered institutions of higher education would be exempt from the provisions of the gift certificate statute relating to expiration, escheatment, reissuance and refund.

Version chain

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

1. 7509 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• IN CONCURRENCE — 65–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Batista — primary (person)
• Cotter — primary (person)
• Dawson — primary (person)
• Finkelman — primary (person)
• Morales — primary (person)
• Noret — primary (person)
• O'Brien — primary (person)
• Perez — primary (person)
• Shanley — primary (person)
• Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07 02/07/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2024)
• 2024-02-27 02/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2024-03-15 03/15/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/21/2024)
• 2024-03-21 03/21/2024 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-22 03/22/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/26/2024) reading-3
• 2024-03-26 03/26/2024 House read and passed passage
• 2024-04-03 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-05-03 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
• 2024-05-06 05/06/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2024-05-07 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-22 05/22/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/23/2024) reading-3
• 2024-05-23 05/23/2024 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) reading-3
• 2024-05-29 05/29/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2024-05-29 05/29/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-31 05/31/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c13c140c-8212-493e-b9a2-3e29edfc86a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).