---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Increases the real property exemptions of veterans and the elderly residing in the Town of West Warwick."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2986"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2986 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-16"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc384bf8-b1fa-4abf-ba10-e8ab774e4a5a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4c1659612abf9874f2f9256f7d88fe8edc6d4c387bb1d1c392b26aa81085164f"
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 2986 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Increases the real property exemptions of veterans and the elderly residing in the Town of West Warwick.

## Version chain

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

1. **2986** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2986.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29** 04/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2024)
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 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/dc384bf8-b1fa-4abf-ba10-e8ab774e4a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).