---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5263"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5263 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Domestic Relations", "Jamestown", "Police & Fire", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Finkelman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b96b670f-1372-4e5c-9b16-3e87565d231a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ef42024c9bb5dbeeef9003409925ac2736e0f03f478f3b335179a3a52604c6e1"
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 5263 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY -- TAX RELIEF IN THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN (Provides a tax abatement of up to $2,000 to Jamestown firefighters based upon years of service, quantity of calls responded to and number of training hours and is transferrable to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5263.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Finkelman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** 01/27/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2023)
- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (02/16/2023)
- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** 02/27/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/02/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** 03/02/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 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/b96b670f-1372-4e5c-9b16-3e87565d231a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).