---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6126"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6126 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Cities & Towns", "Farms", "Open Space", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Kennedy", "Marszalkowski", "McGaw", "Phillips", "Ruggiero", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd5871b-057b-45e7-9c2b-8b4371670420"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "615c36f220930b8a0379f21e27f8ae71c24569f0c6f10962218bf08f587714c8"
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 6126 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Entitles dairy farms to the exemptions from taxation granted to farmland, forestland, or open space.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6126 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6126aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2021)
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/6bd5871b-057b-45e7-9c2b-8b4371670420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).