---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Johnnycake Center Realty Corporation, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in South Kingstown."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7061"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7061 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty", "McEntee", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e737f7e-6c77-4487-8c83-4eddca745e81"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "15088db9c14739c71c1e661da8a8bb6724246c63613c97cc772d26e58d59a86a"
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 7061 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Johnnycake Center Realty Corporation, a domestic nonprofit corporation, located in South Kingstown.

## Version chain

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

1. **7061** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7061.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/25/2024)
- **2024-01-25** 01/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (02/08/2024)
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/27/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** 02/27/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-29** 04/29/2024 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/6e737f7e-6c77-4487-8c83-4eddca745e81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).