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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS"
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description: "Creates a process for licensure and oversight by DBR over the practices and procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction limits and the regulating of fees."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5121"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5121 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Bennett", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Kazarian", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Serpa", "Voas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-01-22"
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last_action: "2025-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35728083-eed9-4808-96a5-535f9933fc25"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "356cf95d2449056d4d5f21d2b0632a646f9076206968e4ccf0639869361354df"
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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 5121 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS
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Creates a process for licensure and oversight by DBR over the practices and procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction limits and the regulating of fees.
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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. **5121 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5121A.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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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Noret — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Read — primary (person)
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- Serpa — 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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- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Innovation, Internet, & Technology `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2025)
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- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Meeting postponed (03/13/2025)
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- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2025)
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- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
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- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/35728083-eed9-4808-96a5-535f9933fc25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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