republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-2258.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Eliminates the requirement that a service person serving in conflicts or undeclared wars receive a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal in order to receive a property tax exemption.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Eliminates the requirement that a service person serving in conflicts or undeclared wars receive a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal in order to receive a property tax exemption.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	SB 2258	Rhode Island SB 2258 (2018)	bill	Property Taxation Veterans	enacted	Felag Gallo Lombardi Lynch Prata McCaffrey	1	14	2	2018-02-01	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a756ad7d-2251-4b69-b813-e7950302872d	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	a00d3042f6c43ad233eec71959c49368325ef153301df1ea65afc1b9cc3fbfc1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2258 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Eliminates the requirement that a service person serving in conflicts or undeclared wars receive a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal in order to receive a property tax exemption.)

Version chain

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

1. 2258 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 68–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Felag — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• Lynch Prata — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-01 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
• 2018-03-28 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-04-06 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2018)
• 2018-04-11 04/11/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-12 04/12/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2018)
• 2018-04-25 04/25/2018 Senate read and passed passage
• 2018-04-26 04/26/2018 Referred to House Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
• 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House passed 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/a756ad7d-2251-4b69-b813-e7950302872d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).