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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- CIGARETTE AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX (Provides that the sale of cannabis be exempt from taxation under chapter 20 of title 44 relating to taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- CIGARETTE AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX (Provides that the sale of cannabis be exempt from taxation under chapter 20 of title 44 relating to taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 707 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Revenue", "Marijuana", "Statutes", "Taxation", "Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Mack", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d29a430-4c26-4ead-8ace-5e3a6c6ed71c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "34e312278dfe0da152d93ee0b3341d7c546eed29c235cf7f70590750943a0577"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 707 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- CIGARETTE AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX (Provides that the sale of cannabis be exempt from taxation under chapter 20 of title 44 relating to taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0707.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **720** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Acosta — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2023)
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d29a430-4c26-4ead-8ace-5e3a6c6ed71c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).