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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7889.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
+description: "Increases the real property exemptions of veterans and the elderly residing in the Town of West Warwick."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7889"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7889 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-03-04"
+last_action: "2024-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4597c36-1b27-4594-9823-cc1dc6c0b6d0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "83d536997bbdec946459517625372f9a9f2f3d8e677c3b5b07812d91e8a93d28"
+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 7889 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
+
+Increases the real property exemptions of veterans and the elderly residing in the Town of West Warwick.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7889.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-04** 03/04/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
+- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 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/f4597c36-1b27-4594-9823-cc1dc6c0b6d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+