---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts Associated Radio Amateurs of Southern New England from real and personal property taxes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts Associated Radio Amateurs of Southern New England from real and personal property taxes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8093"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8093 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "East Providence", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Cunha", "Hearn", "Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-04-12"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/871e9aa2-c3a5-4991-a5b5-0bc70f8a2110"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "39e7ccfb4d54b8361f48423bfc258943449f29e2fb2438302f74eca6282cb020"
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 8093 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts Associated Radio Amateurs of Southern New England from real and personal property taxes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8093** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8093.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Cunha — primary (person)
- Hearn — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 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/871e9aa2-c3a5-4991-a5b5-0bc70f8a2110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).