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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES"
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description: "Provides that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice."
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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 5247"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5247 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Diaz", "Fogarty", "Furtado", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Potter", "Voas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-31"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c26d330d-d1c9-446c-b270-2b86551a3d30"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "c1d51a8ded632dd1be308d988b0049830de5abd58e2458ef98447f55edd1516b"
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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 5247 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
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Provides that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice.
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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. **5247 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5247Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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- AS AMENDED — **65–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Furtado — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Potter — 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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- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `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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- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2025)
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- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/c26d330d-d1c9-446c-b270-2b86551a3d30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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