---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX PREPARERS ACT OF 2013"
description: "Provides penalties for tax preparers that purposefully mislead their clients or act as ghost preparers of tax returns and requires the tax administrator publish a list of tax preparers who have had their privileges to prepare returns revoked or suspended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7613"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7613 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marszalkowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5bdd53e-e31f-4d86-8382-fa641733ea5f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "73e5f46b30c068af0ff1c63ff58e3f1d8a8e102c6bd0e412713aab4b942810cc"
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 7613 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAX PREPARERS ACT OF 2013

Provides penalties for tax preparers that purposefully mislead their clients or act as ghost preparers of tax returns and requires the tax administrator publish a list of tax preparers who have had their privileges to prepare returns revoked or suspended.

## Version chain

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

1. **7613 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7613A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marszalkowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2026)
- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-04-06** 04/06/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/07/2026)
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-04-06** 04/06/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/07/2026)
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2026)
- **2026-05-04** 05/04/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-10** 05/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** 05/14/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/e5bdd53e-e31f-4d86-8382-fa641733ea5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).