---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- NORTH SMITHFIELD -- HISTORIC RESIDENCE TAX CREDIT (Allows North Smithfield historic residence owners to become eligible for state historic residence tax credits.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- NORTH SMITHFIELD -- HISTORIC RESIDENCE TAX CREDIT (Allows North Smithfield historic residence owners to become eligible for state historic residence tax credits.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5025"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5025 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historical Sites", "North Smithfield", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e47051af-2d38-4ef6-96c8-2e1f4d1482f2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "64eee01294c4d2b2f333ecdfbcbe4d3b800a24d2ba61293d3aa6871adf59b983"
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 5025 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- NORTH SMITHFIELD -- HISTORIC RESIDENCE TAX CREDIT (Allows North Smithfield historic residence owners to become eligible for state historic residence tax credits.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5025.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** 01/15/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2021)
- **2021-02-04** 02/04/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/04/2021)
- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/16/2021)
- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2021)
- **2021-04-05** 04/05/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 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/e47051af-2d38-4ef6-96c8-2e1f4d1482f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).