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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-706.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- EXEMPTIONS (Includes the real and tangible personal property of St. John Baptist De La Salle Institute, d/b/a La Salle Academy, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- EXEMPTIONS (Includes the real and tangible personal property of St. John Baptist De La Salle Institute, d/b/a La Salle Academy, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 706"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 706 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corporations", "Education", "Higher Education", "Property", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-26"
+last_action: "2021-06-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbf7b7b0-1af3-4b26-9f85-b51fb2ffdd6c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4fa478a89ab6219cb04ad06e3073b172741fa394d7d74bf8f7db346fc554474c"
+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 706 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- EXEMPTIONS (Includes the real and tangible personal property of St. John Baptist De La Salle Institute, d/b/a La Salle Academy, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **706 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0706aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–13** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **28–8** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2021)
+- **2021-04-26** 04/26/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
+- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
+- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2021)
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 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/dbf7b7b0-1af3-4b26-9f85-b51fb2ffdd6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+