---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 708 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "East Providence", "Finance", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-26"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef26ae90-2e71-43a2-a0cf-c3f54db5a2e3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0aa81d2e4ed0b9c261bce5344a509da3dda91c2456ec22ff334f9647aee29530"
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 708 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)

## Version chain

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

1. **708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0708.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION — **30–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawson — 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`
- **2021-04-02** 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
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** 04/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 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/ef26ae90-2e71-43a2-a0cf-c3f54db5a2e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).