---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 844"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 844 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f062f2f-cbc5-4d84-b7ef-6440ebb379e5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a54832c771b0ec5ec502e8310bdf2b2fd100f8dc25c34d58494f1d5e1b35b590"
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 844 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc.

## Version chain

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

1. **844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0844.pdf)

## Votes

- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-04-11** 04/11/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 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/8f062f2f-cbc5-4d84-b7ef-6440ebb379e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).