---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Amends the reimbursements to cities, towns and fire districts from state revenues for lost tax revenue due to any phase-out or reduction of the motor vehicle excise tax.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Amends the reimbursements to cities, towns and fire districts from state revenues for lost tax revenue due to any phase-out or reduction of the motor vehicle excise tax.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5619"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5619 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Dept. of Revenue", "Fire District", "Motor Vehicles", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Craven", "Dawson", "DeSimone", "Finkelman", "Hull", "McEntee", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d941d5e0-147b-45e7-8cfe-e5be94b58168"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "150a4e1e3005170fce3e9084715800825115c631281cece5bab2fe983f0b98c4"
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 5619 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Amends the reimbursements to cities, towns and fire districts from state revenues for lost tax revenue due to any phase-out or reduction of the motor vehicle excise tax.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5619.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/d941d5e0-147b-45e7-8cfe-e5be94b58168`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).