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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME"
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description: "Changes the term \"assumed name\" to \"trade name\" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and requires an annual renewal of the trade name."
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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 7424"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7424 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Edwards", "McNamara", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-02"
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last_action: "2024-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/652575e8-044e-4010-883e-2a4871c74278"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "c05edc247712c13fe5e664cf54b67723535e677fe74ac101e17672129b62dd12"
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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 7424 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- FILING OF ASSUMED NAME
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Changes the term "assumed name" to "trade name" and centralizes the filing, administration and regulation process of trade names to the secretary of state and requires an annual renewal of the trade name.
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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. **7424 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7424aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Baginski — primary (person)
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Shanley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2024)
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- **2024-02-27** 02/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2024)
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- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/12/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
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- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/652575e8-044e-4010-883e-2a4871c74278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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