---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT -- NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT -- LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY ACT (Removes the 10 year period within which time the secretary of state's office is authorized to withdraw a certificate of revocation for all Rhode Island business corporations, foreign corporations, nonprofit corporations and limited liability companies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT -- NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT -- LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY ACT (Removes the 10 year period within which time the secretary of state's office is authorized to withdraw a certificate of revocation for all Rhode Island business corporations, foreign corporations, nonprofit corporations and limited liability companies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 24 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Charitable Organizations", "Corporations", "State Departments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Ciccone", "Mack", "Murray", "Picard", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c363976-5d98-4c3f-bbe8-a3298a8163c4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f504c613bed73dea2189aacf52d6738df0652a13e19a5bc8b8f0d80d926da10a"
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 24 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT -- NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT -- LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY ACT (Removes the 10 year period within which time the secretary of state's office is authorized to withdraw a certificate of revocation for all Rhode Island business corporations, foreign corporations, nonprofit corporations and limited liability companies.)

## Version chain

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

1. **24 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0024A.pdf)

## Votes

- NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2021)
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House 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/2c363976-5d98-4c3f-bbe8-a3298a8163c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).