---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5512"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5512 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f6c1d1-a0c2-4c85-8668-20901ff9d595"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "358367479b1e3fd2717935ae8bee54d9e8688a3774ca45ab1e9391bc99bbbc07"
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 5512 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of PROJECT Weber/RENEW, a Rhode Island domestic nonprofit corporation.

## Version chain

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

1. **5512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5512.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/b3f6c1d1-a0c2-4c85-8668-20901ff9d595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).