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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 Blithewold, Inc., located at 101 Ferry Road, Bristol, Rhode Island. Effective retroactively to 12/31/2025."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2036"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2036 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Lauria", "Ujifusa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-09"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2b112b0-c915-4380-829b-4f9bde45e35f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4b6ed1ca06b5774712eebd89a7e9b771a3261c48281768e0ef78335961467113"
+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 2036 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
+
+Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blithewold, Inc., located at 101 Ferry Road, Bristol, Rhode Island. Effective retroactively to 12/31/2025.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2036 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2036Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **67–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2026)
+- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2026)
+- **2026-05-11** 05/11/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2b112b0-c915-4380-829b-4f9bde45e35f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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