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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Grants the town council of the town of Jamestown the authority to provide for certain exemptions or tax credits for any veteran of the United States armed services.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Grants the town council of the town of Jamestown the authority to provide for certain exemptions or tax credits for any veteran of the United States armed services.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5896"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5896 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruggiero"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-22"
+last_action: "2019-07-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d325770-469d-474f-91b1-553eedb7ad71"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "5070a04995c7d5b2fe975680c990f62ab92f04439d1f0ea15013a961cd60614d"
+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 HB 5896 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Grants the town council of the town of Jamestown the authority to provide for certain exemptions or tax credits for any veteran of the United States armed services.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5896.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2019)
+- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-01** 06/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/6d325770-469d-474f-91b1-553eedb7ad71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+