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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables city/town council to grant tax relief from payment of real estate/property tax during periods of federal/state government cessation of operations to state/federal employees.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables city/town council to grant tax relief from payment of real estate/property tax during periods of federal/state government cessation of operations to state/federal employees.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 65"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 65 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Conley", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Lombardo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-01-16"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7dca714-2b01-4068-9db1-f52f704f43ae"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "19a0fac2445fe0e2b6e29baf0178de29cb0b2e2f4ef3b21e93f58231be418906"
+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 65 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables city/town council to grant tax relief from payment of real estate/property tax during periods of federal/state government cessation of operations to state/federal employees.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **65 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0065aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **66–8** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Algiere — primary (person)
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-18** 01/18/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/22/2019)
+- **2019-01-22** 01/22/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-01-23** 01/23/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (01/29/2019)
+- **2019-01-29** 01/29/2019 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-01-30** 01/30/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-15** 06/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/f7dca714-2b01-4068-9db1-f52f704f43ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+