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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE LAND (Exempts no more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land acreage previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the change is for purposes of a commercial renewable energy system.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE LAND (Exempts no more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land acreage previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the change is for purposes of a commercial renewable energy system.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 570"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 570 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Farms", "Environment", "Open Space", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Conley", "Fogarty", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-15"
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last_action: "2017-07-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce76f2fb-5456-4360-bf72-2494a6dffd9d"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "4b904e075f38a4f0bce5efeb16d666fe973dcb75308bf07b12202da4e245fe96"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 570 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- TAXATION OF FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE LAND (Exempts no more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land acreage previously classified as farm, forest or open space land from land use change tax if the change is for purposes of a commercial renewable energy system.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **570 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0570A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
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- FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN LAND — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Archambault — primary (person)
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- Conley — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/18/2017)
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- **2017-05-18** 05/18/2017 Committee heard
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- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
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- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
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- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
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- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
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- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2017)
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- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce76f2fb-5456-4360-bf72-2494a6dffd9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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