---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Increases the real property exemptions of veterans and the elderly residing in the Town of West Warwick."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7889"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7889 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-04"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4597c36-1b27-4594-9823-cc1dc6c0b6d0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "83d536997bbdec946459517625372f9a9f2f3d8e677c3b5b07812d91e8a93d28"
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 7889 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Increases the real property exemptions of veterans and the elderly residing in the Town of West Warwick.

## Version chain

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

1. **7889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7889.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-04** 03/04/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4597c36-1b27-4594-9823-cc1dc6c0b6d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).