---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Authorizes the town council of West Greenwich to provide an exemption and/or stabilization of tax agreement on qualified property used for residential purposes inclusive of low- and moderate-income housing in the town of West Greenwich."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 893 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan", "Raptakis", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-27"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04b2bd85-d0af-44ec-a70e-61e96c28aded"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "69837b7b2235f51d485d47eca6a375975f11bc0da8492d113a3c6a8a8def08cb"
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 893 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Authorizes the town council of West Greenwich to provide an exemption and/or stabilization of tax agreement on qualified property used for residential purposes inclusive of low- and moderate-income housing in the town of West Greenwich.

## Version chain

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

1. **893 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0893aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/04b2bd85-d0af-44ec-a70e-61e96c28aded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).