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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - VETERANS EXEMPTIONS (Extends the veterans exemption from property tax to any member who served in uniform during the Cold War between 1947 through 1991, even if they did not serve in a declared war or conflict.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - VETERANS EXEMPTIONS (Extends the veterans exemption from property tax to any member who served in uniform during the Cold War between 1947 through 1991, even if they did not serve in a declared war or conflict.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 982"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 982 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Property", "Taxation", "Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-06-25"
+last_action: "2021-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bfa3ae1-f1cc-41b3-ba49-fbfe2a570a4b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4e885cd75515044c399bd4a348efacba2c7476fff65b463d9ef48b1fa69512b5"
+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 982 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - VETERANS EXEMPTIONS (Extends the veterans exemption from property tax to any member who served in uniform during the Cold War between 1947 through 1991, even if they did not serve in a declared war or conflict.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **982** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0982.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/7bfa3ae1-f1cc-41b3-ba49-fbfe2a570a4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+