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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 6126"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6126 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Cities & Towns", "Farms", "Open Space", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Kennedy", "Marszalkowski", "McGaw", "Phillips", "Ruggiero", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd5871b-057b-45e7-9c2b-8b4371670420"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "615c36f220930b8a0379f21e27f8ae71c24569f0c6f10962218bf08f587714c8"
+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 6126 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6126 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6126aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–1** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
+- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/6bd5871b-057b-45e7-9c2b-8b4371670420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+