---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- LIFE ESTATE"
description: "Entitles holders of a life estate to real property to use any veteran's tax exemptions available to them."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8076"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8076 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Kennedy", "O'Brien", "Place", "Slater", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-15"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4df2253d-1477-4d2e-8e99-0bb2cc8d41ba"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "42152f30c6afe70fc1657960eec7f5ca8191ecc2e66a48bebb6574518372cbee"
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 8076 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- LIFE ESTATE

Entitles holders of a life estate to real property to use any veteran's tax exemptions available to them.

## Version chain

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

1. **8076** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8076.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/4df2253d-1477-4d2e-8e99-0bb2cc8d41ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).