---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS - RHODE ISLAND NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT (Simplifies process for foreign corporations to obtain certificate of authority by producing only certificate of good standing legal assistance from incorporating state or country.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS - RHODE ISLAND NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT (Simplifies process for foreign corporations to obtain certificate of authority by producing only certificate of good standing legal assistance from incorporating state or country.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 618"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 618 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secretary of State", "Corporations", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Archambault", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8189d6fe-b93c-49df-a11c-424fa4eb832d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "aaf79af496b6e86d887eb0dab1eda49b6473b0d240569a75bfd7de376b92b532"
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 618 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS - RHODE ISLAND NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT (Simplifies process for foreign corporations to obtain certificate of authority by producing only certificate of good standing legal assistance from incorporating state or country.)

## Version chain

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

1. **618 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0618A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16** 03/16/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2017)
- **2017-04-06** 04/06/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2017)
- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/8189d6fe-b93c-49df-a11c-424fa4eb832d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).