---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -SALES AND USE TAXES-ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Enacts two 10 year statute of limitations on two separate tax functions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -SALES AND USE TAXES-ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Enacts two 10 year statute of limitations on two separate tax functions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5590"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5590 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Filippi", "Newberry", "Place", "Price", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b81f99-b499-4e55-b6b1-d316443deeda"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "986fdffe760d1872ec469dddbe7357989a8bd4a34fd58c1bfd152c6f190fb863"
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 5590 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -SALES AND USE TAXES-ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Enacts two 10 year statute of limitations on two separate tax functions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5590 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5590Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **62–5** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Filippi — primary (person)
- Newberry — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2019)
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Meeting postponed (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/a6b81f99-b499-4e55-b6b1-d316443deeda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).