---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS"
description: "Provides that charitable organizations with a gross income of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less can meet the required reporting and records requirements by providing either an IRS Form 900 or other approved financial statements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5562"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5562 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349376e1-ab94-4208-a054-720cbad5af2b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fc189547bdfe946018354ff4ace6016914cdb45fbf68f537618456deff97461c"
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 5562 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

Provides that charitable organizations with a gross income of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less can meet the required reporting and records requirements by providing either an IRS Form 900 or other approved financial statements.

## Version chain

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

1. **5562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5562.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/349376e1-ab94-4208-a054-720cbad5af2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).