republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-7556.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Amends provisions of the tax increment financing act in order to encourage municipalities to use tax increment financing to facilitate economic development. Effective 7/1/2018.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Amends provisions of the tax increment financing act in order to encourage municipalities to use tax increment financing to facilitate economic development. Effective 7/1/2018.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 7556	Rhode Island HB 7556 (2018)	bill	Cities & Towns Economic Development Taxation	enacted	Barros Johnston Messier Ruggiero Tobon	1	16	1	2018-02-09	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/9b029b48-9208-4197-9485-3d29823f3fbe	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	dc8a835bc10ca5acc933910bfc1284208eb61553334d94127ef48b861e565437	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7556 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES (Amends provisions of the tax increment financing act in order to encourage municipalities to use tax increment financing to facilitate economic development. Effective 7/1/2018.)

Version chain

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

1. 7556 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 66–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barros — primary (person)
• Johnston — primary (person)
• Messier — primary (person)
• Ruggiero — primary (person)
• Tobon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-09 02/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-01 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
• 2018-06-05 06/05/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Meeting postponed (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Referred to Senate Finance referral-committee
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b029b48-9208-4197-9485-3d29823f3fbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).