---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Requires that annual reports of domestic and foreign business corporations, nonprofit corporations, and limited liability companies be filed with the secretary of state between February 1 and May 1 of each year. Effective January 1, 2022.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Requires that annual reports of domestic and foreign business corporations, nonprofit corporations, and limited liability companies be filed with the secretary of state between February 1 and May 1 of each year. Effective January 1, 2022.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 789"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 789 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Charitable Organizations", "Corporations", "Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-08"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf3141aa-3019-4ce0-9fcd-81e579d6e7cf"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e7763508c5c7ffa41951091fc25471df897d1250fc5471f4a6fee8442376cff5"
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 789 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Requires that annual reports of domestic and foreign business corporations, nonprofit corporations, and limited liability companies be filed with the secretary of state between February 1 and May 1 of each year. Effective January 1, 2022.)

## Version chain

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

1. **789 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0789A.pdf)

## Votes

- RI BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT — **34–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/bf3141aa-3019-4ce0-9fcd-81e579d6e7cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).