---
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: "SB 715"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 715 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Revenue", "State Affairs", "Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "F. Lombardi", "Lawson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e59255-b651-4196-ac54-21b0a0029202"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c57aeee8cc793ebaf8770faab657f898b76a735f4c9312ed02479606f9c7b245"
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 715 (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. **715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0715.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 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/73e59255-b651-4196-ac54-21b0a0029202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).