---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts the real and personal property of the Little Flower Home in Tiverton, Rhode Island from taxation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts the real and personal property of the Little Flower Home in Tiverton, Rhode Island from taxation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 983"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 983 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation", "Tiverton"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3e5e9fd-79b6-4ad4-ae75-3d587c4685d1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c54344af4361dbadddf095bb88a71f35062fc4c04d88d0bbe1e1e6ec30835b45"
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 983 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts the real and personal property of the Little Flower Home in Tiverton, Rhode Island from taxation.)

## Version chain

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

1. **983** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0983.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3e5e9fd-79b6-4ad4-ae75-3d587c4685d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).