---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- EXEMPTIONS (Includes the real and tangible personal property of St. John Baptist De La Salle Institute, d/b/a La Salle Academy, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- EXEMPTIONS (Includes the real and tangible personal property of St. John Baptist De La Salle Institute, d/b/a La Salle Academy, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 706"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 706 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations", "Education", "Higher Education", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbf7b7b0-1af3-4b26-9f85-b51fb2ffdd6c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4fa478a89ab6219cb04ad06e3073b172741fa394d7d74bf8f7db346fc554474c"
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 706 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- EXEMPTIONS (Includes the real and tangible personal property of St. John Baptist De La Salle Institute, d/b/a La Salle Academy, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of properties exempt from taxation.)

## Version chain

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

1. **706 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0706aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **54–13** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 04/26/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 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/dbf7b7b0-1af3-4b26-9f85-b51fb2ffdd6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).