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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING"
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description: "Establishes the criminal offense of real estate title fraud and allows municipalities to refuse to record “suspicious documents” from persons who are not trusted submitters and creates penalties for real estate title fraud."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2715"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2715 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "McKenney", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa88cb8a-f4a1-4cd6-ac10-6c62d914dc90"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "348128c22f96ff8361f7490b4d39725c793838513738471e576a0b0ba4ec99eb"
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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 SB 2715 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING
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Establishes the criminal offense of real estate title fraud and allows municipalities to refuse to record “suspicious documents” from persons who are not trusted submitters and creates penalties for real estate title fraud.
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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. **2715 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2715A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/16/2026)
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- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
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- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/aa88cb8a-f4a1-4cd6-ac10-6c62d914dc90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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