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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the Woonsocket city council to increase the period of exemption or stabilization of taxes on qualifying property located in designated districts in the city from ten (10) years to twenty (20) years.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the Woonsocket city council to increase the period of exemption or stabilization of taxes on qualifying property located in designated districts in the city from ten (10) years to twenty (20) years.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 241"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 241 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Housing", "Property", "Taxation", "Woonsocket"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Murray", "Picard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7441ca5c-ca69-4940-b578-2352f801d04d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "da9479171effeb05218a62db31de202c9dc250fbd02f004b5df305a5fd04a7ac"
+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 241 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the Woonsocket city council to increase the period of exemption or stabilization of taxes on qualifying property located in designated districts in the city from ten (10) years to twenty (20) years.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0241.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Murray — 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`
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
+- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
+- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/04/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-07** 04/07/2023 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/7441ca5c-ca69-4940-b578-2352f801d04d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+