---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATEWIDE TANGIBLE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (Creates a tax exemption of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) relating to assessment of municipal tangible property commencing with the December 31, 2024 tax assessment for taxes payable in calendar year 2025.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATEWIDE TANGIBLE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (Creates a tax exemption of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) relating to assessment of municipal tangible property commencing with the December 31, 2024 tax assessment for taxes payable in calendar year 2025.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 928"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 928 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cities & Towns", "Fire District", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Lauria", "Miller", "Murray", "Picard", "Ruggerio", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-10"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa8521e0-2178-4bd2-a295-9b361b09523d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c642cc8388b6b27d7354fa53f7cf04d4b356ba4bdd40ddb79f97bd09d05aa7cb"
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 928 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STATEWIDE TANGIBLE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (Creates a tax exemption of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) relating to assessment of municipal tangible property commencing with the December 31, 2024 tax assessment for taxes payable in calendar year 2025.)

## Version chain

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

1. **928 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0928Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-10** 04/10/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2023)
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/fa8521e0-2178-4bd2-a295-9b361b09523d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).