---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS EXEMPTIONS (Allows the town of North Smithfield town council to provide veterans' and gold star parents exemptions from real estate taxes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS EXEMPTIONS (Allows the town of North Smithfield town council to provide veterans' and gold star parents exemptions from real estate taxes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7143"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7143 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f745fbf7-2dc5-4766-92d9-8b598bb7f4a6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "858c8279ca7b3deeadb77811a5fb25bcc0abfd0e53d9cc496efd0f4758751032"
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 7143 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION - VETERANS EXEMPTIONS (Allows the town of North Smithfield town council to provide veterans' and gold star parents exemptions from real estate taxes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7143.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** 01/20/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** 02/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/10/2022)
- **2022-02-10** 02/10/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/12/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/f745fbf7-2dc5-4766-92d9-8b598bb7f4a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).