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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAX--NON-COLLECTING RETAILERS, REFERRERS, AND RETAIL SALE FACILITATORS ACT (Extends requirement to collect sales tax to remote sellers in a way that conforms to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision making it easier for states to compel collection of the sales tax from retailers who do not have a physical presence in their state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAX--NON-COLLECTING RETAILERS, REFERRERS, AND RETAIL SALE FACILITATORS ACT (Extends requirement to collect sales tax to remote sellers in a way that conforms to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision making it easier for states to compel collection of the sales tax from retailers who do not have a physical presence in their state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 251 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Computer Technology", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "DiPalma", "Murray", "Pearson", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0923747-d11b-4a91-802e-08baf6201a2b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e4eb0c36aaddf0847c3f76d3608298bb494a79faec730df86e510fa95b0b6740"
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 251 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAX--NON-COLLECTING RETAILERS, REFERRERS, AND RETAIL SALE FACILITATORS ACT (Extends requirement to collect sales tax to remote sellers in a way that conforms to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision making it easier for states to compel collection of the sales tax from retailers who do not have a physical presence in their state.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **251 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0251A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **666** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Conley — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-02-12** 02/12/2019 Meeting postponed (02/12/2019)
- **2019-02-22** 02/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** 03/06/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/12/2019)
- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/21/2019)
- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/26/2019)
- **2019-03-26** 03/26/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 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/c0923747-d11b-4a91-802e-08baf6201a2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).