---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Authorizes the film office director to waive the primary locations within the state requirement for any feature film or television production spending a minimum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in qualified expenditures.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Authorizes the film office director to waive the primary locations within the state requirement for any feature film or television production spending a minimum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in qualified expenditures.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2326"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2326 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Films", "Arts and Theatre", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Miller", "Murray", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deaae272-0fb5-4bce-bbfe-4240192aaa2f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1861e8c5049a6ca614c4bf901d6393bfad288d4e824ae3fdeb5c1002af63d195"
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 2326 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Authorizes the film office director to waive the primary locations within the state requirement for any feature film or television production spending a minimum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in qualified expenditures.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2326 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2326A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** 02/05/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** 02/21/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2020)
- **2020-02-24** 02/24/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-02-25** 02/25/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** 02/26/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/03/2020)
- **2020-03-03** 03/03/2020 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-03-04** 03/04/2020 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** 03/04/2020 Scheduled for consideration (03/10/2020)
- **2020-03-10** 03/10/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** 03/10/2020 Placed on House Calendar (03/12/2020)
- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17** 03/17/2020 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/deaae272-0fb5-4bce-bbfe-4240192aaa2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).