---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of \"motion picture\" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, extending from 7/1/2021, to 7/1/2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of \"motion picture\" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, extending from 7/1/2021, to 7/1/2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5777"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5777 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Films", "Arts and Theatre", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Fogarty", "Lima", "Regunberg", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e52a7c6c-f9c1-4443-8b6c-7edfdde62718"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "99db2b9a8277b972c732e9d6cac17fef83709e26889f16c6bf6add862e0bbea0"
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 5777 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, extending from 7/1/2021, to 7/1/2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5777 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5777A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–6** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **9–59** (fail) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/e52a7c6c-f9c1-4443-8b6c-7edfdde62718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).