---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Extends the period for musical and theatrical productions to obtain tax credits to July 1, 2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Extends the period for musical and theatrical productions to obtain tax credits to July 1, 2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5381"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5381 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Films", "Arts and Theatre"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Carson", "Costantino", "Lima", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b000e2eb-73c7-4acb-ab29-5cf425496a5b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "72067696c56a407c07c616428c33071fe53d2468a6e7a1f0434e783a7f027c52"
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 5381 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Extends the period for musical and theatrical productions to obtain tax credits to July 1, 2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5381.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2019)
- **2019-03-26** 03/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2019)
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/b000e2eb-73c7-4acb-ab29-5cf425496a5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).