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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
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description: "Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 720"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 720 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Mack", "Quezada", "Vargas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-07"
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last_action: "2025-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f285dc6-61f1-4fb8-b212-c5eafeb23487"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a5f962c5945082ee0c353241290e8a469b9096929d1cf747cf5b10d9b67f3f5d"
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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 720 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
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Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution.
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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. **720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0720.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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- Vargas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
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- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2025)
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- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-11** 04/11/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/01/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2025)
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- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 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/0f285dc6-61f1-4fb8-b212-c5eafeb23487`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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