---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes Barrington tax exemption for veterans, widows, and gold star parents.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes Barrington tax exemption for veterans, widows, and gold star parents.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8217"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8217 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barrington", "Cities & Towns", "Military Affairs", "Taxation", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hearn", "Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-23"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0829caa1-615c-4436-bccb-908c29ce1fc0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2307ae3fbb4fb8d890f19fe780a2e9f078bf420b8e614154f8c47ce1bbf8585d"
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 8217 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes Barrington tax exemption for veterans, widows, and gold star parents.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8217.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hearn — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 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/0829caa1-615c-4436-bccb-908c29ce1fc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).