---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE LAND (Exempts no more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land acreage previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the change is for purposes of a commercial renewable energy system.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE LAND (Exempts no more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land acreage previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the change is for purposes of a commercial renewable energy system.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 570"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 570 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Farms", "Environment", "Open Space", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Fogarty", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce76f2fb-5456-4360-bf72-2494a6dffd9d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4b904e075f38a4f0bce5efeb16d666fe973dcb75308bf07b12202da4e245fe96"
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 570 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE LAND (Exempts no more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land acreage previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the change is for purposes of a commercial renewable energy system.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **570 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0570A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN LAND — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2017)
- **2017-05-18** 05/18/2017 Committee heard
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/ce76f2fb-5456-4360-bf72-2494a6dffd9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).