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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - EXEMPTION FOR INDIGENT AND INFIRM PERSONS IN THE TOWN OF WEST GREENWICH (Permits the town of West Greenwich to create five (5) year tax liens on real estate owned by infirm and indigent persons in lieu of paying regular taxes where those persons have been determined as unable to pay by the assessor.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - EXEMPTION FOR INDIGENT AND INFIRM PERSONS IN THE TOWN OF WEST GREENWICH (Permits the town of West Greenwich to create five (5) year tax liens on real estate owned by infirm and indigent persons in lieu of paying regular taxes where those persons have been determined as unable to pay by the assessor.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 2656"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2656 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Real Estate", "Taxation", "West Greenwich"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Morgan", "Raptakis"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-03-20"
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last_action: "2018-07-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2089daa0-f4a2-4555-a81e-c70be31d75ae"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "e69a8a26e2a37b2dabe048316845baf1721fab91c9e76478e43fea0ffb3e91c2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 2656 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - EXEMPTION FOR INDIGENT AND INFIRM PERSONS IN THE TOWN OF WEST GREENWICH (Permits the town of West Greenwich to create five (5) year tax liens on real estate owned by infirm and indigent persons in lieu of paying regular taxes where those persons have been determined as unable to pay by the assessor.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **2656** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2656.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Morgan — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2018)
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- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2018)
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- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
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- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
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- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2089daa0-f4a2-4555-a81e-c70be31d75ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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