---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION (Amends the Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act regarding consolidation and merger.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION (Amends the Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act regarding consolidation and merger.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 836"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 836 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Corporations", "Property", "Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-23"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93556680-2e6b-4c98-b027-1e0bcb960562"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f3e6f4305e38c6cb8941a6d389f9714f8c0a916c11c28680f46d55e2d930d6ed"
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 836 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION (Amends the Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act regarding consolidation and merger.)

## Version chain

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

1. **836 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0836A.pdf)

## Votes

- - MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/20/2021)
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 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`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/93556680-2e6b-4c98-b027-1e0bcb960562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).