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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5263.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5263"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5263 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Death", "Domestic Relations", "Jamestown", "Police & Fire", "Property", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Finkelman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-27"
+last_action: "2023-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b96b670f-1372-4e5c-9b16-3e87565d231a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ef42024c9bb5dbeeef9003409925ac2736e0f03f478f3b335179a3a52604c6e1"
+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 5263 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5263.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-27** 01/27/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2023)
+- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (02/16/2023)
+- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-27** 02/27/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/02/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** 03/02/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b96b670f-1372-4e5c-9b16-3e87565d231a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+