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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION (Streamlines tax incentive reporting by eliminating certain division of taxation reporting requirements and using alternative methods of reporting such as the tax division website.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION (Streamlines tax incentive reporting by eliminating certain division of taxation reporting requirements and using alternative methods of reporting such as the tax division website.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5840"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5840 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Computer Technology", "Corporations", "LLC and Partnerships", "Dept. of Revenue", "State Affairs", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/628f0b35-0a13-486c-862f-ca071b9610e1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "44b02a0917f3323aa74e785627008a96864f06491cfdb76e6623df393175ace2"
+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 5840 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION (Streamlines tax incentive reporting by eliminating certain division of taxation reporting requirements and using alternative methods of reporting such as the tax division website.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5840 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5840A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2023)
+- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/628f0b35-0a13-486c-862f-ca071b9610e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+