---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Permits the city council of the city of Providence to extend the period for tax exemption from a maximum of 20 years for an additional 10 years pertaining to the real property located 111 Westminster Street, also identified as 55 Kennedy Plaza.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Permits the city council of the city of Providence to extend the period for tax exemption from a maximum of 20 years for an additional 10 years pertaining to the real property located 111 Westminster Street, also identified as 55 Kennedy Plaza.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8319"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8319 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-06-03"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcceb7cd-65c7-463c-8788-2361ad8f4ca1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c8fee91a37d571e15a6dc548437aa6c671957e94a323c0b963c33b3559ca6d33"
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 8319 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Permits the city council of the city of Providence to extend the period for tax exemption from a maximum of 20 years for an additional 10 years pertaining to the real property located 111 Westminster Street, also identified as 55 Kennedy Plaza.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8319.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **53–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2022)
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 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/bcceb7cd-65c7-463c-8788-2361ad8f4ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).