---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION--TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN (Authorizes the town of Charlestown, by ordinance, to offer tax dollar credit reductions in lieu of various tax exemptions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION--TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN (Authorizes the town of Charlestown, by ordinance, to offer tax dollar credit reductions in lieu of various tax exemptions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2788"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2788 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charlestown", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-05"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ee767e-d3a4-41ed-b087-9776f3d808fd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "47757c39fedb68e37c2d2478b36e69cee4e704f748bc915899f274f1d699b6ed"
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 2788 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION--TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN (Authorizes the town of Charlestown, by ordinance, to offer tax dollar credit reductions in lieu of various tax exemptions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2788** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2788.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20** 04/20/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 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/07ee767e-d3a4-41ed-b087-9776f3d808fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).