---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 555 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Domestic Relations", "East Providence", "Taxation", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Lauria", "Lawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b73a0484-5a92-4d3a-a105-83a3edd5f9f2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eb3ec847007e374c77463a31fd636d55cdf934e3476854b0d19effa0ead6908a"
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 555 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)

## Version chain

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

1. **555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0555.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/b73a0484-5a92-4d3a-a105-83a3edd5f9f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).