Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island H8152: AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FORESTRY AND FOREST PARITY ACT (Establishes sales and use tax exemptions for comm
Status: Failed, May 26, 2026
AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FORESTRY AND FOREST PARITY ACT (Establishes sales and use tax exemptions for commercial forest product operations and creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles".)
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2026:
2026 -- H 8152 ======== LC005133 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FORESTRY AND FOREST PARITY ACT Introduced By: Representatives Corvese, Serpa, Casimiro, Hull, McEntee, Fellela, Costantino, and Edwards Date Introduced: February 27, 2026 Referred To: House Finance It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Legislative findings. The general assembly finds and declares: (1) That maintaining forests is vital to maintain both biodiversity, and ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration in the state; (2) That forests are more likely to be maintained if they provide economic value; (3) That providing for the economic viability of the forest products industry is an interest of the state; (4) That forest conservation is given the same status as farm and open space conservation under chapter 27 of title 44 ("taxation of farm, forest, and open space land"); however, elsewhere in the general laws, forestry, and the production of forest products, are not given the same benefits, including protections from taxation, and protections as agriculture; and (5) That it is in the interest of the state, in order to protect economic viability of forests and to provide for their conservation for the future benefit and enjoyment of the people of the state. SECTION 2. Title 2 of the General Laws …
Sponsors
- Arthur Corvese (D, HD-055) · primary sponsor
- Patricia Serpa (D, HD-027)
- Julie Casimiro (D, HD-031)
- Raymond Hull (D, HD-006)
- Hagan McEntee, Carol (D, HD-033)
- Deborah Fellela (D)
- Gregory Costantino (D)
- John Edwards (D, HD-070)
Latest actions
- : Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : Introduced, referred to House Finance
Subjects: AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Common questions
- What is H8152?
- H8152 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FORESTRY AND FOREST PARITY ACT (Establishes sales and use tax exemptions for comm.
- What does H8152 do?
- AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- FORESTRY AND FOREST PARITY ACT (Establishes sales and use tax exemptions for commercial forest product operations and creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles".)
- What is the status of H8152?
- Failed as of May 26, 2026. Latest action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study (May 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored H8152?
- Arthur Corvese (D, HD-055), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H8152?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8152.pdf
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