---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Permits the city council of the city of Providence to extend the period for tax exemption from a maximum of 20 years for an additional 10 years pertaining to the real property located 111 Westminster Street, also identified as 55 Kennedy Plaza.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Permits the city council of the city of Providence to extend the period for tax exemption from a maximum of 20 years for an additional 10 years pertaining to the real property located 111 Westminster Street, also identified as 55 Kennedy Plaza.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2988"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2988 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-01"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd4a17dc-53ad-4a1a-8bb4-7e478b73c99d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5a1be8f4d8915c125a9cf5d4a6f97c95defd3adfdc1db68f5de2fa0a0f94bae1"
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 2988 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Permits the city council of the city of Providence to extend the period for tax exemption from a maximum of 20 years for an additional 10 years pertaining to the real property located 111 Westminster Street, also identified as 55 Kennedy Plaza.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2988.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **52–16** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **28–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd4a17dc-53ad-4a1a-8bb4-7e478b73c99d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).