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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- TAX EXEMPTIONS -- JAMESTOWN"
+description: "Grants the town of Jamestown the legal authority to grant a tax dollar reduction to gold star parents and to visually impaired persons."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7243"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7243 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Finkelman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-19"
+last_action: "2024-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e965d8f-6fa6-4b62-ac08-9a20e6f1b477"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1d8ac37b9a67838a8a0999c22c47768eec5387b596f822b81214014d59babf79"
+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 7243 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- TAX EXEMPTIONS -- JAMESTOWN
+
+Grants the town of Jamestown the legal authority to grant a tax dollar reduction to gold star parents and to visually impaired persons.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7243.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2024)
+- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (02/08/2024)
+- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-14** 02/14/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2024)
+- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 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/0e965d8f-6fa6-4b62-ac08-9a20e6f1b477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+