---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables city/town council to grant tax relief from payment of real estate/property tax during periods of federal/state government cessation of operations to state/federal employees.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables city/town council to grant tax relief from payment of real estate/property tax during periods of federal/state government cessation of operations to state/federal employees.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 65 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Conley", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7dca714-2b01-4068-9db1-f52f704f43ae"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "19a0fac2445fe0e2b6e29baf0178de29cb0b2e2f4ef3b21e93f58231be418906"
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 65 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables city/town council to grant tax relief from payment of real estate/property tax during periods of federal/state government cessation of operations to state/federal employees.)

## Version chain

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

1. **65 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0065aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **66–8** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Lombardo — 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`
- **2019-01-18** 01/18/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/22/2019)
- **2019-01-22** 01/22/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-23** 01/23/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (01/29/2019)
- **2019-01-29** 01/29/2019 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-01-30** 01/30/2019 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 as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed as amended 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/f7dca714-2b01-4068-9db1-f52f704f43ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).