---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6037"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6037 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "East Providence", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/800616d5-6c35-4007-bd29-42dbef801670"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ef908028133826fc84988f719332a63e644332cd427d5324b4c2a8d30bb19c95"
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 HB 6037 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6037.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2021)
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 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/800616d5-6c35-4007-bd29-42dbef801670`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).