---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 239 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Cumberland", "Environment", "Housing", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa707c7e-cd39-44b8-928d-0b9b97b42f7f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "10d83e5ef035acbc8dc172e84773ec9b51356b3ebf21a758d2862f4e696f4722"
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 239 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0239.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2023)
- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 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/fa707c7e-cd39-44b8-928d-0b9b97b42f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).