---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Expands the definition of sales to include any license, lease, or rental of prewritten or vendor-hosted computer software and specified digital products. This act would also define \"end-user\" for specified digital products.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Expands the definition of sales to include any license, lease, or rental of prewritten or vendor-hosted computer software and specified digital products. This act would also define \"end-user\" for specified digital products.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2650"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2650 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Computer Technology", "Dept. of Revenue", "Licenses", "State Departments", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7c27087-8162-4713-b94b-aa413fa9fcf0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d628dbd7fbaeafb5055c2e6a7fe7119a3e79f991dc9fa95f62f34b15da7c7e23"
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 2650 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Expands the definition of sales to include any license, lease, or rental of prewritten or vendor-hosted computer software and specified digital products. This act would also define "end-user" for specified digital products.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2650 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2650A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-27** 02/27/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-12** 06/12/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2020)
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** 06/24/2020 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/c7c27087-8162-4713-b94b-aa413fa9fcf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).