---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- LIFE ESTATE"
description: "Entitles holders of a life estate to real property to use any veteran's tax exemptions available to them."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2322"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2322 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Burke", "DiPalma", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Ruggerio", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0b96f7f-1323-482b-8c5d-14502c0881c4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b45919b87599f934ce2ba75fb6038c4840fd48c855b1b8b7b40c2d63189b02c5"
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 2322 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- LIFE ESTATE

Entitles holders of a life estate to real property to use any veteran's tax exemptions available to them.

## Version chain

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

1. **2322** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2322.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/f0b96f7f-1323-482b-8c5d-14502c0881c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).