H8508

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center, located in the city of Providence.

Chamber Passed·6/8/26
Introduced Text

Exempts the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center from taxation.

This bill amends the General Laws to exempt the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation located in Providence, from taxation. The exemption applies to property used directly to cultivate, preserve, and protect natural, cultural, traditional, and historical resources, watersheds, habitats, ecosystems, and archaeological sites of and within the ancestral territory of the Pokanoket people. The act takes effect upon passage.

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Where it stands

Last
Passed the House · 60–4 · Jun 8
Current
The Senate
Next
Session adjourned — paused until it reconvenes

Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

60 Yea

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4 Nay

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11 Not Voting

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Calendar

Jun 3

12:00 AM

House Municipal Government & Housing Consideration

May 7

12:00 AM

House Municipal Government & Housing Hearing

History

Jun 8

House

House read and passed

Jun 5

House

Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026)

Jun 3

House

Committee recommends passage