---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the total amount of all flat tax credits from three percent (3%) to four percent (4%) of the prior year's tax levy.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the total amount of all flat tax credits from three percent (3%) to four percent (4%) of the prior year's tax levy.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 992"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 992 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Burrillville", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b7feed8-bedf-4cb8-9261-f8310f0fe700"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7d0780364346a9c73e5f210accaba418983dd0bd946d8d26c811aef8880fd5f1"
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 992 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the total amount of all flat tax credits from three percent (3%) to four percent (4%) of the prior year's tax levy.)

## Version chain

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

1. **992** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0992.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- de la Cruz — 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`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2023)
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 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/5b7feed8-bedf-4cb8-9261-f8310f0fe700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).