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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Authorizes the town of Barrington to provide a tax dollar credit reduction for legally blind persons by ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2037"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2037 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lauria"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06989ddd-671f-45f4-952e-c0f38842e538"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "43b1baebc7688a288a95519d1d106e28362f37b953833329e4ac26e4eeef364f"
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 2037 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
Authorizes the town of Barrington to provide a tax dollar credit reduction for legally blind persons by ordinance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2037.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **630** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lauria — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2026)
- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-03-11** 03/11/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/24/2026)
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (04/02/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06989ddd-671f-45f4-952e-c0f38842e538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).