---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from property taxation, the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 28 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ad1169-7be8-45b9-bbf2-f781a728214d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "321d715007e3f5891c66cea4bda086126ad99183e75a63d42e880696dfd8daae"
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 28 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from property taxation, the real and tangible personal property of the Providence Preservation Society.

## Version chain

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

1. **28 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0028A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **62–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** 01/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 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/29ad1169-7be8-45b9-bbf2-f781a728214d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).