---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Changes the filing date for the elderly or disabled tax exemption in the town of Exeter from March 15 to April 15 of each year.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Changes the filing date for the elderly or disabled tax exemption in the town of Exeter from March 15 to April 15 of each year.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5409"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5409 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Developmentally Disabled", "Exeter", "Finance", "Seniors", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e81dbab7-aeda-4929-8095-e45925308937"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e34ebe2f4c77d5ef331ffca0773ebc347638d17d5ffe9d942728f4ac1bcc6b05"
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 5409 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Changes the filing date for the elderly or disabled tax exemption in the town of Exeter from March 15 to April 15 of each year.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5409.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** 03/08/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2021)
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** 07/16/2021 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/e81dbab7-aeda-4929-8095-e45925308937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).