republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7940.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT	Prohibits the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is 65 years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provision would be a deceptive trade practice subject to a $500 fine.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2024	HB 7940	Rhode Island HB 7940 (2024)	bill		enacted	Alzate Caldwell DeSimone Finkelman Hull Kazarian Marszalkowski Potter Slater Voas	1	15	1	2024-03-05	2024-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/4fa463a0-1e8e-4da8-a15e-f400c1e003ba	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	6d34044d12aaac4a988bd8ef91c26e3a596b24f31948b46c8265d377c10a8f38	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7940 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT

Prohibits the charging of any fees to a senior citizen who is 65 years of age or older for a hard-copy paper bill, invoice or statement. The violation of this provision would be a deceptive trade practice subject to a $500 fine.

Version chain

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

1. 7940 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 67–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alzate — primary (person)
• Caldwell — primary (person)
• DeSimone — primary (person)
• Finkelman — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• Kazarian — primary (person)
• Marszalkowski — primary (person)
• Potter — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)
• Voas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-05 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-22 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
• 2024-03-26 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2024-05-17 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
• 2024-05-17 05/17/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2024-05-22 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2024) reading-3
• 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 House passed Sub A passage
• 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-05-31 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
• 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-05 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) reading-3
• 2024-06-06 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2024-06-07 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-12 06/12/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fa463a0-1e8e-4da8-a15e-f400c1e003ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).