---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5288"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5288 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cumberland", "Environment", "Historical Sites", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Alzate", "Baginski", "Giraldo", "Marszalkowski", "Phillips", "Potter", "Solomon", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51f25507-1b6c-4a06-846b-5d7989a4c9c7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0864b20e3c1548908cf3d4bc3b5bb8020bf00b31a4698c2b62ce0c4a202532a9"
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 5288 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the town of Cumberland to exempt or stabilizes tax payments for real/personal property related to environmental remediation, historic preservation, affordable housing, manufacturing, commercial, residential, or mixed-use purposes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5288.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 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`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Placed on House Calendar (02/28/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2023)
- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 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/51f25507-1b6c-4a06-846b-5d7989a4c9c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).