---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Foster Forward, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Pawtucket.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Foster Forward, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Pawtucket.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2854"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2854 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Cano", "Kallman", "Mendes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-05"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d0894a4-d0d4-43b4-9ed5-f1508327a194"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d99cd07826356249897ddaaa0d7ec258d636448c6879c7ed2925486f8477eb61"
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 2854 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Foster Forward, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in Pawtucket.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2854.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mendes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2022)
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/03/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-07** 05/07/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/12/2022)
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 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/1d0894a4-d0d4-43b4-9ed5-f1508327a194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).