---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the number of years that the town of West Greenwich may enter into tax stabilization agreements from ten (10) to twelve (12).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the number of years that the town of West Greenwich may enter into tax stabilization agreements from ten (10) to twelve (12).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5868"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5868 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Nardone", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/851c9c19-0a39-4adc-bcf7-9594382da326"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5fee84ffc3d877946f12fc0440bbb737c93c71d3ca8057833e4c8f5ec340439a"
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 5868 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the number of years that the town of West Greenwich may enter into tax stabilization agreements from ten (10) to twelve (12).)

## Version chain

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

1. **5868** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5868.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **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`
- **2019-07-04** 07/04/2019 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/851c9c19-0a39-4adc-bcf7-9594382da326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).