---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real property of Ocean State Community Wellness, Inc., a qualified tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, for the property located at 7450 Post Road, North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real property of Ocean State Community Wellness, Inc., a qualified tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, for the property located at 7450 Post Road, North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 242 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations", "North Kingstown", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70fd1b9-1a99-4d5c-b379-02dd752312ac"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9f61034b85290ced287c4b2f6e75dde9880b7bc4ffe94a704e9bf8279a0c04f2"
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 242 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real property of Ocean State Community Wellness, Inc., a qualified tax-exempt corporation under § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, for the property located at 7450 Post Road, North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0242.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Valverde — 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 recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2021)
- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d70fd1b9-1a99-4d5c-b379-02dd752312ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).