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legislation/us/states/ri/2020/hb-7532.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Expands the definition of sales to include any license, lease, or rental of prewritten or vendor-hosted computer software and specified digital products. This act would also define \"end-user\" for specified digital products.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Expands the definition of sales to include any license, lease, or rental of prewritten or vendor-hosted computer software and specified digital products. This act would also define \"end-user\" for specified digital products.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 7532"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7532 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration", "Dept. of Revenue", "Licenses", "State Affairs", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "O'Brien"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-12"
+last_action: "2020-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f893e8f-c735-4607-aa55-2efbf1a32033"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "a1652e3b8154887683fd09dec58ecff70562bb558810d8e5f061ed7862501bfb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 7532 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Expands the definition of sales to include any license, lease, or rental of prewritten or vendor-hosted computer software and specified digital products. This act would also define "end-user" for specified digital products.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7532 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7532A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-12** 02/12/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-09** 06/09/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2020)
+- **2020-06-11** 06/11/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2020)
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-24** 06/24/2020 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f893e8f-c735-4607-aa55-2efbf1a32033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+