republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-708.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)	AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 708	Rhode Island SB 708 (2021)	bill	Cities & Towns East Providence Finance Property Taxation	enacted	Lawson	1	14	2	2021-03-26	2021-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/ef26ae90-2e71-43a2-a0cf-c3f54db5a2e3	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	0aa81d2e4ed0b9c261bce5344a509da3dda91c2456ec22ff334f9647aee29530	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 708 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO A TAX AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE AND EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (Provides for a tax treaty between the city of East Providence and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation subject to the ratification of the East Providence city council.)

Version chain

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

1. 708 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 70–1 (pass) · upper
• EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION — 30–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lawson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-02 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2021)
• 2021-04-05 04/05/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-04-09 04/09/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2021)
• 2021-04-15 04/15/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-16 04/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2021)
• 2021-04-27 04/27/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-04-28 04/28/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
• 2021-05-06 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2021)
• 2021-05-11 05/11/2021 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-05-12 05/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-19 05/19/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef26ae90-2e71-43a2-a0cf-c3f54db5a2e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).