---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Requires municipalities to exempt from taxation the real property of a surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, who occupies the real property as their principal place of residence.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Requires municipalities to exempt from taxation the real property of a surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, who occupies the real property as their principal place of residence.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 62 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Death"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Crowley", "DiPalma", "Lombardi", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9b5b423-ee74-4fc2-88f3-7408b0c70817"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d2e1116b9d1bfa2b8df9b69021d8d9608ae9aa48ffb61e24f43fbb27ec56e6a3"
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 62 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Requires municipalities to exempt from taxation the real property of a surviving spouse of a law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, who occupies the real property as their principal place of residence.)

## Version chain

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

1. **62 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0062A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** 05/17/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/d9b5b423-ee74-4fc2-88f3-7408b0c70817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).