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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5646"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5646 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Fees", "Secretary of State", "Corporations", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marszalkowski", "McLaughlin", "Quattrocchi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-01"
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last_action: "2017-10-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f1be9a-9dc2-4230-9e33-08566ea0a390"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "59fd61a39597d2442f0a341e13b9c0eb86f3e57a3213d7175c427a60d5a87885"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5646 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (Substitutes CPA certification that a corporation/limited partnership/limited liability company owes no taxes/fees to the state in place of a conversions/dissolutions/withdrawals/cancellations.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5646 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5646B.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
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- McLaughlin — primary (person)
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- Quattrocchi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
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- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2017)
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- **2017-03-22** 03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Meeting postponed (05/23/2017)
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- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
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- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2017)
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- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2017)
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- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26f1be9a-9dc2-4230-9e33-08566ea0a390`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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