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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- MEDICAL DEBT REPORTING"
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description: "Prohibits hospitals and other medical providers from reporting medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. A violation of this chapter may be pursued on behalf of the consumer by the attorney general."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7103"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7103 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cardillo", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Kislak", "Morales", "Noret", "Shallcross Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50ea9801-6092-4a35-b4d3-92753a756587"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "2bb0b6b23ddd7ba514382c62feb4d8673499df83d4ac166f41293632f7788d47"
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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 HB 7103 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- MEDICAL DEBT REPORTING
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Prohibits hospitals and other medical providers from reporting medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. A violation of this chapter may be pursued on behalf of the consumer by the attorney general.
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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. **7103 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7103A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cardillo — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Felix — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Morales — primary (person)
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- Noret — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/13/2024)
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
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- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/50ea9801-6092-4a35-b4d3-92753a756587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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