---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 497 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Bissaillon", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/643562b0-5754-4398-9552-2c53b91bea35"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ba9318b072cf15f2143b803119586b5e074c2181e0b5d67dd975a056f70c9967"
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 497 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Center for Southeast Asians.

## Version chain

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

1. **497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0497.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/22/2025)
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Senate held on desk
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/643562b0-5754-4398-9552-2c53b91bea35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).