---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sojourner House, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sojourner House, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6094"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6094 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Organizations", "Finance", "Property", "Providence", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Caldwell", "Cardillo", "DeSimone", "Henries", "Hull", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe29e65f-de24-4733-bbab-e7b5785a4e28"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d10dde4b7e031318274008b838300e9f07c79dc900bb1cf5352ba006a8c9cfdf"
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 6094 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Sojourner House, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6094** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6094.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 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 postponed at request of sponsor
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-22** 05/22/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/fe29e65f-de24-4733-bbab-e7b5785a4e28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).