---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Grants the town council of the town of South Kingstown the authority to enact a homestead exemption ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5030"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5030 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty", "McEntee", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5836ba0d-b8de-4cd8-a262-df8e6840b713"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a76c72534d3a89489e3b74db10e7055c7c33d59c3437a475ad139e44cede1565"
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 5030 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Grants the town council of the town of South Kingstown the authority to enact a homestead exemption ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **5030** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5030.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (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.

- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/11/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 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/5836ba0d-b8de-4cd8-a262-df8e6840b713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).