---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Grants an exemption from the personal income tax to writers, composers and artists residing within the East Providence arts zone.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Grants an exemption from the personal income tax to writers, composers and artists residing within the East Providence arts zone.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 575"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 575 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cities & Towns", "East Providence", "Films", "Arts and Theatre", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Lawson", "Mendes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08efa486-1763-4203-a17a-a40ab878fca0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e2ccfc337669a111d87a068d7529fa798c7d64a99da1b668b7fbf4b3b5dd11c0"
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 575 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Grants an exemption from the personal income tax to writers, composers and artists residing within the East Providence arts zone.)

## Version chain

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

1. **575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0575.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mendes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2021)
- **2021-04-05** 04/05/2021 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 Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/08efa486-1763-4203-a17a-a40ab878fca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).