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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Penalty of $10,000 for violating Deceptive Trade Practices Act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Penalty of $10,000 for violating Deceptive Trade Practices Act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6142"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6142 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Business & Professions", "Commercial Law", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C Lima", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Casey", "Fellela", "Fenton-Fung", "Phillips", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61618e59-7e4a-4349-b6fe-118f76caef48"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "372cf5ed6fc6281a34999781e1972c3541780b120aab4f3f3c1a60e5c649db8b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island HB 6142 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Penalty of $10,000 for violating Deceptive Trade Practices Act.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6142 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6142A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **643** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C Lima — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2021)
- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61618e59-7e4a-4349-b6fe-118f76caef48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).