---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Extends the period for musical and theatrical productions to obtain tax credits to July 1, 2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Extends the period for musical and theatrical productions to obtain tax credits to July 1, 2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 203 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cultural", "Films", "Arts and Theatre"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/986d36ab-cd6a-41e6-9462-fbd7fedc569a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7dcc596206d2559f3ad3c005607b2974166cf783f95029642e77d9278dac2825"
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 203 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Extends the period for musical and theatrical productions to obtain tax credits to July 1, 2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0203.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2019)
- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-17** 05/17/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-15** 06/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/986d36ab-cd6a-41e6-9462-fbd7fedc569a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).