republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2278.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	SB 2278	Rhode Island SB 2278 (2024)	bill		enacted	Bissaillon Burke Euer LaMountain Lauria Lombardi McKenney Quezada Raptakis Tikoian	1	15	2	2024-02-12	2024-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/9f9b6989-5ad9-48b0-a471-b2cd4ed87b20	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	e1b3ace7a8f56b97196b3e7b2d57546e7ba3d3b071581affa68b69e6d1371b49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2278 (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. 2278 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 67–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bissaillon — primary (person)
• Burke — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• LaMountain — primary (person)
• Lauria — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• McKenney — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Raptakis — primary (person)
• Tikoian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
• 2024-03-12 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 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
• 2024-05-08 05/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2024) reading-3
• 2024-05-14 05/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2024-05-15 05/15/2024 Referred to House Corporations referral-committee
• 2024-05-19 05/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
• 2024-05-22 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence 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 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/9f9b6989-5ad9-48b0-a471-b2cd4ed87b20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).