---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013"
description: "Amends sections of law relative to historic tax credits including increasing the maximum project credit and implementing requirements relative to following prevailing wage requirements.."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 940"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 940 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Dimitri", "Lawson", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d122185-9e4f-40ff-bd8a-ee82be478f39"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c34b4cc72f6c1eb552144d6d4fee1d28c0c0194d0bf53aa232744f63a6aa4763"
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 940 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS 2013

Amends sections of law relative to historic tax credits including increasing the maximum project credit and implementing requirements relative to following prevailing wage requirements..

## Version chain

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

1. **940 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0940Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **63–10** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/5d122185-9e4f-40ff-bd8a-ee82be478f39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).