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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5051.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Increases time that SOS can withdraw a certificate of revocation for a corporation, nonprofit corporation, or LLC from 10 to 20 years without the corporation or limited liability company being required to seek reinstatement by the legislature.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Increases time that SOS can withdraw a certificate of revocation for a corporation, nonprofit corporation, or LLC from 10 to 20 years without the corporation or limited liability company being required to seek reinstatement by the legislature.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5051"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5051 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charter", "Corporations", "General Assembly"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-22"
+last_action: "2021-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe09ef1f-def1-45ec-b704-b14c405561aa"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6fa61e91f7962ea7213998467aaf596b02a0c3962faade55936a8f4c3cdfdf9f"
+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 5051 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Increases time that SOS can withdraw a certificate of revocation for a corporation, nonprofit corporation, or LLC from 10 to 20 years without the corporation or limited liability company being required to seek reinstatement by the legislature.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5051 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5051A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2021)
+- **2021-02-01** 02/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2021)
+- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/fe09ef1f-def1-45ec-b704-b14c405561aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+