---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Clarifies the tax classification statute pertaining to homestead exemptions in the city of Providence exempting the city from certain rate calculations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Clarifies the tax classification statute pertaining to homestead exemptions in the city of Providence exempting the city from certain rate calculations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 924"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 924 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Providence", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-20"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6d408e-e5be-4286-9637-e7418054219b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1682e9ee56c174bd6941069a171cb17b766582b3d03826d6821a78df239638a8"
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 924 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Clarifies the tax classification statute pertaining to homestead exemptions in the city of Providence exempting the city from certain rate calculations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **924** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0924.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 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/7c6d408e-e5be-4286-9637-e7418054219b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).