---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5948"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5948 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Domestic Relations", "East Providence", "Taxation", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Henries", "Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45fc482-0d85-4c78-a7c2-f732492738b2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "183938ae30d7bcc4ada081e8e40502e019b79c9ee6aa13cea32262667c7a4d7c"
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 5948 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification 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. **5948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5948.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2023)
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/a45fc482-0d85-4c78-a7c2-f732492738b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).