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RI House Bill 6385

Legislation

State: Rhode Island
Signed: July 02, 2025

Effective: December 31, 2025
Chapter: 427

Summary

House Bill 6385 makes slight grammatical wording changes to the definition of “notarial act” in RIGL 42-30.1-2(10).

Affects

Amends Section 42-30.1-2(10) of the Rhode Island General Laws.

Changes
  1. Makes technical amendments to the definition of "notarial act" in RIGL 42-30.1-2(10).
Analysis

A bill like House Bill 6385 appears fairly inconsequential but statutory correction or construction amendments such as the one made in the definition of “notarial act” in Rhode Island’s Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts are necessary. At times, the meaning of a statute can turn on the slightest error or correction. Most times, stylistic and grammatical amendments are added to the statute so that they may ensure the legislative intent of the General Assembly is preserved. The particular amendments in House Bill 6385 add “ing” to verbs in the definition of “notarial act” which lacked them. Not groundbreaking by any stretch, but hopefully no one going forward will stumble over the grammar of the definition.

Read House Bill 6385.

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