republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-135.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, and extends from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2024.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, and extends from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2024.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 135	Rhode Island SB 135 (2017)	bill	Taxation	enacted	Miller	1	12	2	2017-02-01	2017-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/879de12a-156e-4709-a930-ced6a83dfe66	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	c23592ac1c7ce5f46517d2cb950ad71f81fa960d881dd76c48f8b7efdaa9e82c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 135 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, and extends from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2024.)

Version chain

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

1. 135 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION P — 69–0 (pass) · legislature
• TAX CREDITS — 36–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Miller — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-01 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-28 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2017)
• 2017-05-04 05/04/2017 Committee heard
• 2017-06-26 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-21 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-09-27 09/27/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/879de12a-156e-4709-a930-ced6a83dfe66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).