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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 239"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 239 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Cumberland", "Environment", "Housing", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa707c7e-cd39-44b8-928d-0b9b97b42f7f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "10d83e5ef035acbc8dc172e84773ec9b51356b3ebf21a758d2862f4e696f4722"
+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 239 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0239.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2023)
+- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/16/2023)
+- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 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/fa707c7e-cd39-44b8-928d-0b9b97b42f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+