---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5646"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5646 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Secretary of State", "Corporations", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marszalkowski", "McLaughlin", "Quattrocchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f1be9a-9dc2-4230-9e33-08566ea0a390"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "59fd61a39597d2442f0a341e13b9c0eb86f3e57a3213d7175c427a60d5a87885"
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 5646 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5646 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5646B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- Quattrocchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2017)
- **2017-03-22** 03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Meeting postponed (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2017)
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 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/26f1be9a-9dc2-4230-9e33-08566ea0a390`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).