---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5307"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5307 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Azzinaro", "Biah", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Hull", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b370023-af53-491e-b960-4aa269dae3e1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7ddce0a0f5a69f5d921fb9bb9de9a5486c4b68423dc836ee84a9ad6e89b4b596"
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 5307 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Authorizes the Providence city council to set the veterans tax exemption limit to an amount determined by the city council via ordinance or resolution.

## Version chain

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

1. **5307** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5307.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-04-17** 04/17/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** 05/19/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 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/9b370023-af53-491e-b960-4aa269dae3e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).