---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Increases time that SOS can withdraw a certificate of revocation for a corporation, nonprofit corporation, or LLC from 10 to 20 years without the corporation or limited liability company being required to seek reinstatement by the legislature.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Increases time that SOS can withdraw a certificate of revocation for a corporation, nonprofit corporation, or LLC from 10 to 20 years without the corporation or limited liability company being required to seek reinstatement by the legislature.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5051"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5051 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Corporations", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe09ef1f-def1-45ec-b704-b14c405561aa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6fa61e91f7962ea7213998467aaf596b02a0c3962faade55936a8f4c3cdfdf9f"
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 5051 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Increases time that SOS can withdraw a certificate of revocation for a corporation, nonprofit corporation, or LLC from 10 to 20 years without the corporation or limited liability company being required to seek reinstatement by the legislature.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5051 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5051A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2021)
- **2021-02-01** 02/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate 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/fe09ef1f-def1-45ec-b704-b14c405561aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).