---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN (Authorizes the town of Charlestown, by ordinance, to offer tax dollar credit reductions in lieu of various tax exemptions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN (Authorizes the town of Charlestown, by ordinance, to offer tax dollar credit reductions in lieu of various tax exemptions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8081"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8081 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charlestown", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Filippi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-04-11"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7cd2113-7869-4740-9c8c-136f0ca571f9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "eb246687a51fe4175b94b35a44a4336be49ad92dbfa1d312d5b7286d7b8fcb90"
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 8081 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN (Authorizes the town of Charlestown, by ordinance, to offer tax dollar credit reductions in lieu of various tax exemptions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8081** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8081.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Filippi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **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 (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 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/b7cd2113-7869-4740-9c8c-136f0ca571f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).