---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the number of years that the town of West Greenwich may enter into tax stabilization agreements from ten (10) to twelve (12).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the number of years that the town of West Greenwich may enter into tax stabilization agreements from ten (10) to twelve (12).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 427"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 427 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan", "Raptakis", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/297fbab5-4c13-4cd3-b195-b0e49bc326bc"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c3461c3842b34b0976b53e2c426938be775b7e4ea009a6640eafcd88afba2991"
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 427 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the number of years that the town of West Greenwich may enter into tax stabilization agreements from ten (10) to twelve (12).)

## Version chain

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

1. **427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0427.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** 03/07/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Meeting postponed (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-04** 07/04/2019 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/297fbab5-4c13-4cd3-b195-b0e49bc326bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).