---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- TOWN OF JOHNSTON"
description: "Authorizes the town of Johnston to grant a tax credit to any person over the age of sixty-five (65) years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2319"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2319 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbab07bd-6aac-438a-8dda-129ad5fcb2c4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3e0fbb5c5c7a20c17a03be28df272aeab5f4a4fa7a75538bc2283e99bba44379"
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 2319 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- TOWN OF JOHNSTON

Authorizes the town of Johnston to grant a tax credit to any person over the age of sixty-five (65) years.

## Version chain

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

1. **2319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2319.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardi — 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`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 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/dbab07bd-6aac-438a-8dda-129ad5fcb2c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).