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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT -- NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT -- LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY ACT (Removes the 10 year period within which time the secretary of state's office is authorized to withdraw a certificate of revocation for all Rhode Island business corporations, foreign corporations, nonprofit corporations and limited liability companies.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT -- NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT -- LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY ACT (Removes the 10 year period within which time the secretary of state's office is authorized to withdraw a certificate of revocation for all Rhode Island business corporations, foreign corporations, nonprofit corporations and limited liability companies.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 24"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 24 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Charitable Organizations", "Corporations", "State Departments"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Ciccone", "Mack", "Murray", "Picard", "Quezada"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-19"
+last_action: "2021-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c363976-5d98-4c3f-bbe8-a3298a8163c4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f504c613bed73dea2189aacf52d6738df0652a13e19a5bc8b8f0d80d926da10a"
+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 SB 24 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT -- NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT -- LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY ACT (Removes the 10 year period within which time the secretary of state's office is authorized to withdraw a certificate of revocation for all Rhode Island business corporations, foreign corporations, nonprofit corporations and limited liability companies.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **24 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0024A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2021)
+- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House 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/2c363976-5d98-4c3f-bbe8-a3298a8163c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+