---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Grants the town council of the town of Jamestown the authority to provide for certain exemptions or tax credits for any veteran of the United States armed services.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Grants the town council of the town of Jamestown the authority to provide for certain exemptions or tax credits for any veteran of the United States armed services.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5896"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5896 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d325770-469d-474f-91b1-553eedb7ad71"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5070a04995c7d5b2fe975680c990f62ab92f04439d1f0ea15013a961cd60614d"
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 5896 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Grants the town council of the town of Jamestown the authority to provide for certain exemptions or tax credits for any veteran of the United States armed services.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5896.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2019)
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-01** 06/01/2019 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 (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/6d325770-469d-474f-91b1-553eedb7ad71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).