---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island (Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island), a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8085"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8085 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-20"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddf1782f-7df3-4241-9c18-9cf611d61d04"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "016207cfeabcc08cbc7d8e82bd542a8f619ee7f45fcda36ad45d1fe27cfe5176"
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 8085 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island (Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island), a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation, located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **8085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8085.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `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/ddf1782f-7df3-4241-9c18-9cf611d61d04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).