---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY EXEMPTION (Exempts the North Kingstown, Exeter Animal Protection League, Inc., from taxation in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY EXEMPTION (Exempts the North Kingstown, Exeter Animal Protection League, Inc., from taxation in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7934"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7934 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Exeter", "North Kingstown", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-09"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e71886e-9ffd-442a-bd9f-926f0026a359"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7eec847de3a35079eb43bcdad8c6ad8e4a54ffd5c53e21c10e355f91d0402906"
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 7934 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY EXEMPTION (Exempts the North Kingstown, Exeter Animal Protection League, Inc., from taxation in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7934** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7934.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **2018-04-17** 04/17/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration
- **2018-05-21** 05/21/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/24/2018)
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/1e71886e-9ffd-442a-bd9f-926f0026a359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).