---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 923"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 923 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Providence", "Real Estate", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e00b210f-8e59-46d9-9a26-fbe6aa9da6a4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7fdd9ab4283a90bc192f209dec684a011903854962db539bdaa4d8bb0fd6e572"
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 923 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.)

## Version chain

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

1. **923** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0923.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2023)
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** 04/26/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 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/e00b210f-8e59-46d9-9a26-fbe6aa9da6a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).