---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Subjects to taxation real property owned by nonprofit institutions of higher education/nonprofit hospitals also amends charters issued by the general assembly to nonprofit institutions/hospitals.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Subjects to taxation real property owned by nonprofit institutions of higher education/nonprofit hospitals also amends charters issued by the general assembly to nonprofit institutions/hospitals.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5782"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5782 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Finance", "Property", "Providence", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Biah", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Hull", "J. Lombardi", "Morales", "O'Brien", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b723028-2fca-4b10-86ca-048708ddf509"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "958c5cd7d8eb949f49e525f38ae53b9e68b07ea87a50c15f4ecdf460cecb0751"
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 5782 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Subjects to taxation real property owned by nonprofit institutions of higher education/nonprofit hospitals also amends charters issued by the general assembly to nonprofit institutions/hospitals.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5782 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5782A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- J. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** 02/22/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2023)
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2023)
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b723028-2fca-4b10-86ca-048708ddf509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).