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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
+description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 497"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 497 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Bissaillon", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/643562b0-5754-4398-9552-2c53b91bea35"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ba9318b072cf15f2143b803119586b5e074c2181e0b5d67dd975a056f70c9967"
+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 497 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
+
+Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0497.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/22/2025)
+- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Senate held on desk
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/643562b0-5754-4398-9552-2c53b91bea35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+