---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5783"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5783 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Finance", "Property", "Providence", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Biah"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a3e1718-f922-4333-945a-a18e942c0a1a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4aa97d606136b8a24bd311ecf704e894728be5f1d5e31ee25dd0901b91ab4670"
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 5783 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Authorizes the city of Providence to enter into a thirty (30) year tax exemption agreement relating to the Port of Providence.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5783.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** 02/22/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 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/6a3e1718-f922-4333-945a-a18e942c0a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).