---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (Makes statutory amendments throughout several sections of the general laws relating to the department of revenue changing the references of \"collection unit\" to \"central collections unit.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (Makes statutory amendments throughout several sections of the general laws relating to the department of revenue changing the references of \"collection unit\" to \"central collections unit.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5979"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5979 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Revenue", "Finance", "State Affairs", "Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86df2204-9e95-4229-9ccb-27ad50579cfe"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e2f69caf9a096784237b0186fab0484a5fc94dfbc49096bd8ed671553659c7dd"
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 5979 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (Makes statutory amendments throughout several sections of the general laws relating to the department of revenue changing the references of "collection unit" to "central collections unit.")

## Version chain

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

1. **5979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5979.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/18/2023)
- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/86df2204-9e95-4229-9ccb-27ad50579cfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).