---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation real property acquired or leased by a railroad entity used in the boarding or disembarking of railroad passengers or supporting passenger railroad operations and services with a lack of use sunset provision.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation real property acquired or leased by a railroad entity used in the boarding or disembarking of railroad passengers or supporting passenger railroad operations and services with a lack of use sunset provision.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 239 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Railroads", "Real Estate", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Euer", "Murray", "Pearson", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fa0fdb5-5ae1-4006-8452-0748888f2a13"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "52a4a059dc901b07f30096422df5e1c56bdd6736744371cb86d3d504628d5a2a"
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 239 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation real property acquired or leased by a railroad entity used in the boarding or disembarking of railroad passengers or supporting passenger railroad operations and services with a lack of use sunset provision.)

## Version chain

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

1. **239 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0239Baa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee heard
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee continued
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub B as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/5fa0fdb5-5ae1-4006-8452-0748888f2a13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).