---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Includes the national guard in the definition of who is eligible for veterans' exemptions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Includes the national guard in the definition of who is eligible for veterans' exemptions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 710"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 710 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "National Guard", "Property", "Taxation", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Euer", "Felag", "Gu", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Mack", "Raptakis", "Tikoian", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1808be37-0966-4bad-a0e4-5e193a7cc5fd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ec9bb4ec84be504cecaed593ede92adb0226b8826878e325370051c8c953a10c"
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 710 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Includes the national guard in the definition of who is eligible for veterans' exemptions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **710** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0710.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/1808be37-0966-4bad-a0e4-5e193a7cc5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).