republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5214.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Eliminates the ten dollar ($10.00) fee requirement for the sales tax permit.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Eliminates the ten dollar ($10.00) fee requirement for the sales tax permit.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5214	Rhode Island HB 5214 (2021)	bill	Business & Professions Fees Finance Taxation	enacted	Caldwell Hawkins Phillips S Lima Serpa	1	12	1	2021-01-27	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/832b6a36-e345-4b80-b57b-3524ec780bf7	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	47aa8a83e67a47feb2d0d4d6ffcacb964eab9b903e4aee1ca1fb075ad7c4e6bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5214 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION (Eliminates the ten dollar ($10.00) fee requirement for the sales tax permit.)

Version chain

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

1. 5214 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 64–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Caldwell — primary (person)
• Hawkins — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• S Lima — primary (person)
• Serpa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-27 01/27/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-26 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/02/2021)
• 2021-03-02 03/02/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-09 07/09/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/832b6a36-e345-4b80-b57b-3524ec780bf7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).