---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Provides for proration of a homestead exemption in the city of Central Falls in cases when property is transferred during the year for which the exemption is claimed.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Provides for proration of a homestead exemption in the city of Central Falls in cases when property is transferred during the year for which the exemption is claimed.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8019"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8019 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Central Falls", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Kazarian", "Maldonado", "Slater", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-29"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8ba11e2-7a90-4fbe-911c-f0d7b97792ea"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "083e7904d3c00555472b584e9abaabce2f1e4268cef78b563cab7539a71ca539"
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 8019 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Provides for proration of a homestead exemption in the city of Central Falls in cases when property is transferred during the year for which the exemption is claimed.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8019.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-29** 03/29/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **2018-04-17** 04/17/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 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 (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 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/f8ba11e2-7a90-4fbe-911c-f0d7b97792ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).