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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT"
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description: "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."
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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 7940"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7940 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Caldwell", "DeSimone", "Finkelman", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Marszalkowski", "Potter", "Slater", "Voas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-03-05"
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last_action: "2024-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fa463a0-1e8e-4da8-a15e-f400c1e003ba"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "6d34044d12aaac4a988bd8ef91c26e3a596b24f31948b46c8265d377c10a8f38"
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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 7940 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT
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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.
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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. **7940 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7940A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- DeSimone — primary (person)
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- Finkelman — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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- Voas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
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- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
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- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/4fa463a0-1e8e-4da8-a15e-f400c1e003ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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