republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-555.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	SB 555	Rhode Island SB 555 (2023)	bill	Death Domestic Relations East Providence Taxation Veterans	enacted	Britto Lauria Lawson	1	13	2	2023-03-07	2023-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/b73a0484-5a92-4d3a-a105-83a3edd5f9f2	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	eb3ec847007e374c77463a31fd636d55cdf934e3476854b0d19effa0ead6908a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 555 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)

Version chain

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

1. 555 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 69–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Britto — primary (person)
• Lauria — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-07 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-10 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2023-03-14 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
• 2023-03-17 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
• 2023-03-21 03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-05-26 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
• 2023-05-30 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-30 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed passage
• 2023-06-10 06/10/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-14 06/14/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b73a0484-5a92-4d3a-a105-83a3edd5f9f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).