---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and personal property of the Rhode Island Business Development Institute located at 220 Smith Street, Providence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1132"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1132 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-03"
last_action: "2025-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4cc3082-e526-4667-a461-259156376620"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "940f4679a085dc5c500b10780c26f5ece53a34d8154271bc93e7c1285f99e672"
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 1132 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and personal property of the Rhode Island Business Development Institute located at 220 Smith Street, Providence.

## Version chain

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

1. **1132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1132.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 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/c4cc3082-e526-4667-a461-259156376620`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).